Month-of-birth effect on height and weight in polish rural children

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-42

  Kościński, Krzysztof ^a   Krenz Niedbała, Marta ^a   Kozłowska Rajewicz, Agnieszka ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTURITION; POLAND; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345832226     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10232     Document Type: Article

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