Diurnal variation of height in children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 645-648

  Siklar, Zeynep ^a,b   Sanli, Efgan ^a   Dallar, Yildiz ^a   Tanyer, Gülten ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Orman Fidanlik Müdürlüü ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Diurnal variation; Height

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33644878431     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02144.x     Document Type: Article

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