Secular change in stature of urban Chinese children and adolescents, 1985-2010

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-22

  Chen, Tian Jiao ^a   Ji, Cheng Ye ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Growth; Secular change; Socioeconomic disparity; Stature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874404616     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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