Growth centiles of pacific children living in Auckland, New Zealand

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 406-412

  Rush, Elaine ^a   Obolonkin, Victor ^a   Savila, Fa'Asisila ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Children; Growth centiles; Growth trajectory; Obesity; Pacific; Pacific Island ethnicity; Physical growth

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNICITY; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; OBESITY; WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84884271782     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2013.793391     Document Type: Article

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