A longitudinal study of growth patterns in school children in Taipei area 1: Growth curve and height velocity curve

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 67-72

  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

Growth; Height velocity curve; Peak height velocity; Puberty; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PILOT STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TAIWAN;

EID: 1942485397     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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