Body mass index of 0- to 45-year-old Danes;Body mass index: Danske referencevœrdier for 0-45-årige

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 164, Issue 49, 2002, Pages 5773-5777

  Nysom, Karsten ^a   Mølgaard, Christian ^a   Michaelsen, Kim Fleiseher ^a   Hutchings, Barry ^a   Andersen, Else ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 18544411006     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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