Age-appropriate body mass index in children with achondroplasia: Interpretation in relation to indexes of height

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 364-371

  Hoover Fong, Julie E ^a,b,e   Schulze, Kerry J ^a,c   McGready, John ^a,c   Barnes, Hillary ^a,b   Scott, Charles I ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

EID: 49449091118     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/88.2.364     Document Type: Article

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