Changes in body composition between 1997 and 2002 among South Australian children: Influences of socio-economic status and location of residence

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-170

  Dollman, James ^a   Pilgrim, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; OBESITY; RANDOMIZATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 17844384562     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00068.x     Document Type: Article

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