Height prediction from ulna length

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 475-480

  Gauld, Leanne M ^a,c   Kappers, Johanna ^a   Carlin, John B ^b   Robertson, Colin F ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY REGIONS; BONE GROWTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA; ULNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULNA;

EID: 3042858916     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162204000787     Document Type: Article

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