Relationship of weight and height with waist circumference, body mass index and conicity index in adolescents

Acta Medica Auxologica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 61-71

  Perez B M ^a   Landaeta Jimenez M ^a  

^a NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body composition; Body mass index; Conicity index; Venezuela; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONICITY INDEX; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0035186747     PISSN: 00016004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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