Body mass index and height from childhood to adulthood in the 1958 British birth cohort

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1094-1101

  Power, Chris ^a   Lake, Julie K ^b   Cole, Tim J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adults; Body mass index; Children; Height; Longitudinal studies; Obesity; Puberty; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030826041     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.5.1094     Document Type: Article

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