Infant and child growth and fatness and fat distribution in Guatemalan adults

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-185

  Schroeder, Dirk G ^a   Martorell, Reynaldo ^a   Flores, Rafael ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body mass index; Child; Fetal growth retardation; Growth; Infant nutrition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY CONDITION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MALNUTRITION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIGRATION; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

GUATEMALA;

EID: 0033555579     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009784     Document Type: Article

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