Trends in growth and obesity in ethnic groups in Britain

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 513-517

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic minority; Stature; Triceps skinfold thickness; Weight for height index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031780801     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.6.513     Document Type: Article

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