Growth of four to eight month old Chinese infants in Toronto

Nutrition Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 963-972

  Yeung, George S ^a,b   Zlotkin, Stanley H ^a,b   Yeung, David L ^a,c   Anderson, G Harvey ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Global Nutrition   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Growth; Height; Weight; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD GROWTH; CHINESE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033168735     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(99)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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