A longitudinal study of growth patterns in schoolchildren in one Taipei district II: Sitting height, arm span, body mass index and skinfold thickness

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-20

  Lee, Tian Shing ^a   Chao, Ting ^a   Tang, Ren Bin ^a,b   Hsieh, Chia Chang ^a   Chen, Shu Jen ^a,b   Ho, Low Tone ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arm span; Body mass index; Growth patterns; Sitting height; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG LENGTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TAIWAN;

EID: 13544277083     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70126-1     Document Type: Article

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