Physical growth assessment in adolescence

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1217-1235

  Agarwal, K N ^a,d   Saxena, A ^b   Bansal, A K ^a   Agarwal, D K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d D 115 Sector 36 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Ponderal index; Sexual maturity; Skin fold thickness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035512653     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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