Body mass index in Bengali adolescents

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 262-267

  Banerjee, I ^a   Ghia, N ^b   Bandopadhyay, S ^c,d,e   Sayed, H N ^a   Mukherjee, D ^c,d,e  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Dermatology   (India)

^c National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

^e VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Mixed longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 16244393365     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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