Growth of leg length is reflected in socio-economic differences

Acta Medica Auxologica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-50

  Frisancho, A R ^a   Gilding, N ^a   Tanner, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body proportion; Growth; Leg length; Mexican Americans; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; RACE; SITTING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUNK;

EID: 0034933672     PISSN: 00016004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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