Secular trends in height and weight among children and adolescents of the Seychelles, 1956-2006

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Marques Vidal, Pedro ^a,b   Madeleine, George ^c   Romain, Sarah ^c   Gabriel, Anne ^c   Bovet, Pascal ^b,c  

^a CardioMet   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health and Social Development   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; SEYCHELLES; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEYCHELLES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44449118013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-166     Document Type: Article

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