Cross-sectional reference values for height, weight and body mass index of schoolchildren living in Tehran, Iran

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 471-479

  Azar, Maryam Razzaghy ^a   Moghimi, Ali ^b,c   Montazer, Mehdi ^b   Sadeghi, Homa Mohammad ^b   Golnari, Pedram ^b   Sadigh, Nader ^b   Ossivand, Soroor ^b   Fereshtehnejad, Seyed Mohammad ^b   Shoolami, Leila Zahedi ^b   Pour, Neda Ebrahim ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Building Number 44/1 ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

BMI; Growth charts; Height; Weight

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

EID: 33750333863     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460600802478     Document Type: Review

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