Mexican anthropometry percentiles and the LMS method

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 588-

  Cole, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; LEAST MEAN SQUARES; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MEXICO; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 64249149337     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602925     Document Type: Letter

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