Secular changes in growth among japanese children over 100 years (1900-2000)

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-189

  Kagawa, Masaharu ^a,b   Tahara, Yasuaki ^c   Moji, Kazuhiko ^d   Nakao, Rieko ^e   Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^e   Hills, Andrew P ^f  

^a KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Height; Japan; Secular change

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80051923746     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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