Body mass index is different in normal chinese and caucasian infants

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 507-517

  Tam, Selene Y M ^a   Karlberg, Johan P E ^a   Kwan, Elaine Y W ^a   Tsang, Anita M C ^a   Sheng, H P ^a   He, Qing ^a   Low, Louis C K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

BMI; Caucasian; Chinese; Infant; Length; NCHS; Nutritional status; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032781943     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.1999.12.4.507     Document Type: Article

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