Associations between household income, height, and BMI in contemporary US schoolchildren

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-196

  Murasko, Jason E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; BMI; Children; Growth; Height; Income

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; KINDERGARTEN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875274774     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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