Increased heights and weights of Isfahani female children and adolescents in Iran

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 377-379

  Aminorroaya, Ashraf ^a   Amini, Masoud ^a   Mosavi, Anis Fard ^a   Sanaat, Zohreh ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRAN; NUTRITION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; STUDENT; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036919212     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.6.377     Document Type: Article

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