Stunting at 2 years in relation to body composition at 9 years in African urban children

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-136

  Cameron, Noël ^a   Wright, Melanie M ^a   Griffiths, Paula L ^a   Norris, Shane A ^b   Pettifor, John M ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BMI; Body composition; Childhood; Infancy; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 20644472633     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.17     Document Type: Article

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