Evaluation and interrelationship of body mass index, percentage of body fat, skinfolds and girths measurements in boys of 10-16 years

Biomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 9-16

  Chatterjee, P ^a   Chatterjee, S ^a   Mukherjee, P S ^a   Bandyopadhyay, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Fat; BMI; Girth; Skinfold

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD;

EID: 0038215529     PISSN: 09702067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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