Association between body mass index (BMI) and height from birth to 5 years in Chilean preschool children;Asociación entre el índice de masa corporal y la talla desde el nacimiento hasta los 5 años en preescolares Chilenos

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 606-612

  Kain, Juliana ^a   Corvalán, Camila ^b   Lera, Lydia ^a   Galván, Marcos ^c   Weisstaub, Gerardo ^a   Uauy, Ricardo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body height; Body mass index; Child; Preschool

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 80051730935     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872011000500007     Document Type: Article

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