Interrelationship of indices of body composition and status in 11-yr-old New Zealand children

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 65-77

  Gibson, Rosalind S ^a   Skeaff, Murray ^a   Williams, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Children; Hair; Serum; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREPUBERTY; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033911683     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:75:1-3:65     Document Type: Article

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