Percentile curves for body-mass index of Punjabi infants

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 471-476

  Bhalla, A K ^a   Walia, B N S ^a,b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b House No 1004   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030155132     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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