The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) - A resource for the study of the environmental determinants of childhood obesity

European Journal of Endocrinology, Supplement

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Ness, Andy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL GROWTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY;

EID: 10344250938     PISSN: 08044635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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