Sex differences in the relationships among weight gain, subcutaneous skinfold tissue and saltatory length growth spurts in infancy

Pediatric Research

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1238-1242

  Lampl, Michelle ^a   Thompson, Amanda L ^a   Frongillo, Edward A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRUNK; WEIGHT GAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33644803363     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000184327.65102.a6     Document Type: Article

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