Three-on-one weight, height and body mass index charts for children and adults

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 224-227

  Elizabeth, K E ^a   Muraleedharan, Manu ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; SCREENING TEST; SEX RATIO; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0043136569     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.4.224     Document Type: Article

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