Cross-sectional growth curves for height, weight and body mass index for affluent Indian children, 2007

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 477-489

  Khadilkar, Vaman V ^a   Khadilkar, A V ^a   Cole, T J ^a   Sayyad, M G ^a  

^a JEHANGIR HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Growth; Height; India; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROWTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 66949134673     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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