The relation between skeletal maturation and adiposity in African American and Caucasian children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 844-848

  Russell, Deserea L ^a,b   Keil, Margaret F ^a,b   Bonat, Sandra H ^a,b   Uwaifo, Gabriel I ^a,b   Nicholson, Jennifer C ^a,b   McDuffie, Jennifer R ^a,b   Hill, Suvimol C ^a,b   Yanovski, Jack A ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COVARIANCE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035666584     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2001.119446     Document Type: Article

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