Nationwide reference data for height, weight and body mass index of Indian schoolchildren

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 269-277

  Marwaha, Raman Kumar ^a   Tandon, Nikhil ^b   Ganie, Mohd Ashraf ^c   Kanwar, Ratnesh ^a   Shivaprasad, C ^b   Sabharwal, Amit ^a   Bhadra, Kuntal ^a   Narang, Archna ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d Department of Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE DATABASE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84856629571     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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