Body index measurements in 1996-7 compared with 1980

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-112

  Fredriks, A M ^a   Van Buuren, S ^b   Wit, J M ^a   Verloove Vanhorick, S P ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Netherlands; Obesity; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034026161     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.82.2.107     Document Type: Article

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