Secular changes in standing height, sitting height and sexual maturation of Chinese - The Hong Kong growth study, 1993

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-306

  Leung, S S F ^a,d   Lau, J T F ^a   Xu, Y Y ^a   Tse, L Y ^b   Huen, K F ^c   Wong, G W K ^a   Law, W Y ^a   Yeung, V T F ^a   Yeung, W K Y ^c   Leung, N K ^c  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics

^b Department of Health ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0030187687     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469600004532     Document Type: Article

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