The relationship between short-term changes in weight and lower leg length in children and young adults

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-162

  Ahmed, S F ^a,b   Wardhaugh, B W ^a   Duff, J ^a   Wallace, W H B ^a   Kelnar, C J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030098365     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469600004372     Document Type: Article

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