Height, weight and body mass index for men and women aged 40-42 years;Høyde, vekt og kroppsmasseindeks for menn og kvinner i alderen 40-42 år

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2152-2156

  Tverdal, Aage ^a  

^a Statens Helseundersøkelser ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030578584     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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