Longitudinal change in height of men and women: Implications for interpretation of the body mass index: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 969-977

  Sorkin, John D ^a,b,c   Muller, Denis C ^a   Andres, Reubin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Age factors; Body height; Body mass index; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033230142     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010106     Document Type: Article

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