Secular changes and predictors of adult height for 86 105 male and female members of the Thai Cohort Study born between 1940 and 1990

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-80

  Jordan, Susan ^a   Lim, Lynette ^b   Seubsman, Sam ang ^c   Bain, Christopher ^a   Sleigh, Adrian ^b   Chokhanapitak, Jaruwan ^d   Churewong, Chaiyun ^d   Hounthasarn, Suttanit ^d   Khamman, Suwanee ^d   Pandee, Daoruang ^d   Pangsap, Suttinan ^d   Prapamontol, Tippawan ^d   Puengson, Janya ^d   Sangrattanakul, Yodyiam ^d   Somboonsook, Boonchai ^d   Sripaiboonkij, Nintita ^d   Somsamai, Pathumvadee ^d   Vilainerun, Duangkae ^d   Wimonwattanaphan, Wanee ^d   Banks, Emily ^d   Banwell, Cathy ^d   Caldwell, Bruce ^d   Carmichael, Gordon ^d   Dellora, Tarie ^d   Dixon, Jane ^d   Friel, Sharon ^d   Harley, David ^d   Kelly, Matthew ^d   Kjellstrom, Tord ^d   McMichael, Anthony ^d   Mark, Tanya ^d   Strazdins, Lyndall ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c School of Human Ecology   (Thailand)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH EDUCATION; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECULAR VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

THAILAND;

THAIS;

EID: 84856013482     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.113043     Document Type: Article

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