Describing the growth and rapid weight gain of urban Australian aboriginal infants

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 303-308

  Webster, Vana ^a   Denney Wilson, Elizabeth ^b   Knight, Jennifer ^a   Comino, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; child health; cohort study; growth; urban

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID WEIGHT GAIN; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OVERWEIGHT; URBAN HEALTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84876298370     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12151     Document Type: Article

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