Body mass index and the reasoning of an astronomer;El indice de masa corporal y los razonmientos de un astrónomo

Medicina

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-365

  Puche, Rodolfo C ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Quetelet's index

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAT CONTENT; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ASTRONOMY; BODY MASS INDEX; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS;

EID: 25844457774     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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