Anthropometric profile of a black population of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-40

  Steyn, K ^a   Bourne, L ^a   Jooste, P ^a   Fourie, J M ^a   Rossouw, K ^a   Lombard, C ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEGRO; OBESITY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE;

EID: 0031828496     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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