Human Body Shape Index Based on an Experimentally Derived Model of Human Growth

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lebiedowska, Maria K ^a   Alter, Katharine E ^a   Stanhope, Steven J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BOY; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GIRL; HUMAN; MALE; METRIC SYSTEM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEX;

EID: 37249001762     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.05.046     Document Type: Article

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