Anthropometric reference values in an Afro-Caribbean adolescent population

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-58

  Nichols, Selby D ^a,b   Cadogan, Frances I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Fairfield Complex   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049115554     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20671     Document Type: Article

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