Adolphe quetelet and the BMI: Fact, fiction, and childhood growth

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-

  Burton, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBESITY; PUBERTY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FAMOUS PERSONS; GROWTH; HUMANS;

EID: 84876231162     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20036     Document Type: Letter

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