Measured versus reported parental height

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 941-942

  Cizmecioglu, F ^a   Doherty, A ^b   Paterson, W F ^b   Young, D ^b   Donaldson, M D C ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 24144440811     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.073007     Document Type: Article

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