Editorial: Body mass index in childhood - Measuring a moving target

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4059-4060

  Horlick, M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MEASUREMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; NOTE; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS;

EID: 0035459713     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.9.4059     Document Type: Editorial

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