Relationships among biological growth parameters for body weight in Japanese children

Growth, Development and Aging

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 91-112

  Sumiya, T ^a   Nakahara, H ^a   Shohoji, T ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age at peak weight velocity; Asymptotic growth curve; Biological growth parameters; Contra pair of biological parameters; Japanese weight; Menarcheal age; Menarcheal weight; Peak weight velocity; Velocity at peak weight velocity; Weight at peak weight velocity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENARCHE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENARCHE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034525929     PISSN: 10411232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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