Anthropometric characteristics of Mohawk children aged 6 to 11 years: A population perspective

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 955-961

  Potvin, Louise ^a   Desrosiers, Serge ^c   Trifonopoulos, Mary ^b   Leduc, Nicole ^a   Rivard, Michèle ^a   Macaulay, Ann C ^b   Paradis, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Kahnawake School   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0032816673     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(99)00227-8     Document Type: Article

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