Secular changes in stature and body mass index for Chinese youth in sixteen major cities, 1950s-2005

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 530-537

  Ji, Cheng Ye ^a   Chen, Tian Jiao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 52249087311     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20770     Document Type: Article

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