Anthropometry of height, weight, arm, wrist, abdominal circumference and body mass index, for Bolivian Adolescents 12 to 18 years - Bolivian adolescent percentile values from the MESA study

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-311

  Baya Botti, Ana ^a,e,f   Perez Cueto F J A ^a,b   Vasquez Monllor, P A ^c,e   Kolsteren, P W ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d Faculty of Bioscience Engineering   (Belgium)

^e Universidad del Valle   (Bolivia)

^f NONE   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Abdominal circumference; Adolescents; Anthropometry; Body Mass Index (BMI); Bolivia; Growth percentiles; Height; Waist circumference; Weight

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BOLIVIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WRIST;

EID: 67651196798     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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