Height of US-born non-hispanic children and adolescents ages 2-19, born 1942-2002 in the NHANES Samples

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-71

  Komlos, John ^a   Breitfelder, Ariane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RATE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049174627     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20677     Document Type: Article

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