Correlation of month and season of birth with height, weight and degree of obesity of rural Japanese children

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 133-139

  Tanaka, Hisako ^a   Sei, Masako ^a   Binh, Tran Quang ^a,b   Munakata, Hokuma ^a   Yuasa, Kyoko ^a   Nakahori, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Degree of obesity; Height; Month of birth; Schoolchildren; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; JAPAN; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; PARTURITION; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247877847     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.54.133     Document Type: Article

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