Trends in growth in England and Scotland, 1972 to 1994

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 182-189

  Hughes, J M ^a   Li, L ^a   Chinn, S ^a   Rona, R J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

stature; triceps; weight; weight for height index

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030887095     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.3.182     Document Type: Short Survey

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