Prediction of adult height in girls: The beunen-malina-freitas method

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1683-1691

  Beunen, Gaston P ^a   Malina, Robert M ^b,c   Freitas, Duarte L ^d   Thomis, Martine A ^a   Maia, José A ^e   Claessens, Albrecht L ^a   Gouveia, Elvio R ^d   Maes, Hermine H ^f   Lefevre, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Biological maturation; Non invasive method

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 83355168040     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.625969     Document Type: Article

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