Ethnic differences in body composition and anthropometric characteristics in Australian Caucasian and urban Indigenous children

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 938-946

  Kagawa, Masaharu ^a   Byrne, Nuala M ^a   King, Neil A ^a   Pal, Sebely ^b   Hills, Andrew P ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Children; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABORIGINE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY SIZE; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUEENSLAND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 70449732306     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509311733     Document Type: Article

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