Selected anthropometric measurements of akwesasne Mohawk Youth: Skinfolds, circumferences, and breadths

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-536

  Gallo, Mia V ^a   Schell, Lawrence M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY SIZE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEW YORK; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 34447328420     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20612     Document Type: Article

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