Nutritional status, especially body mass index, from birth to adulthood and lung function in young adulthood

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-333

  Ubilla, C ^a,c   Bustos, P ^a   Amigo, H ^a   Oyarzun, M ^a   Rona, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Body mass index; Lung function; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESPIRATION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; MALE; MAXIMAL MIDEXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SPIROMETRY; THINNESS; VITAL CAPACITY; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 45849090802     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460801978937     Document Type: Article

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