Secular trends in growth and body proportion among children and adolescents from 1985 to 2005 in Shandong, China

Anthropological Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-76

  Zhang, Yingxiu ^a   Wang, Shurong ^b  

^a SHANDONG CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Blood Center of Shandong Province   (China)

Author keywords

Body proportion; Body weight; Growth and development; Secular trend; Stature

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949302595     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.080520     Document Type: Article

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