BMI distribution changes in adolescent British girls

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 978-979

  Georgiades, E ^a   Reilly, J J ^b   Stathopoulou, E ^c   Livingston, A M ^a   Pitsiladis, Y P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0344515427     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.11.978     Document Type: Article

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