Trends in weights, heights, BMI and comparison of their differences in urban and rural areas for Iranian children and adolescents 2-18-year-old between 1990-1991 and 1999

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 858-867

  Hosseini, M ^a   Taslimi, S ^a   Dinarvand, P ^a   Jones, M E ^b   Mohammad, K ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth indexes; Iran; Trend; Urban rural difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 78650462203     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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