Rapid Infant Weight Gain and Advanced Skeletal Maturation in Childhood

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-361

  Demerath, Ellen W ^a   Jones, Laura L ^b   Hawley, Nicola L ^b   Norris, Shane A ^c   Pettifor, John M ^c   Duren, Dana ^d   Chumlea, W Cameron ^d   Towne, Bradford ^d   Cameron, Noel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249212315     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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