Influence of parental height and sociodemographic factors on adolescent height in brazil

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 414-419

  Sichieri, Rosley ^a   Taddei, Jos Augusto ^b   Everhart, James E ^c  

^a Instituto de Medicina Social   (Brazil)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Anthropometry; Brazil; National surveys; Underdeveloped countries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; MOTHER; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; HEALTH; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITION INDEXES; PARENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTH AMERICA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034069454     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(99)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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