Change in Height, Weight, and body mass index: Longitudinal data from Austria

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 690-696

  Peter, Raphael Simon ^a,b   Fromm, Ella ^b   Klenk, Jochen ^b,c   Concin, Hans ^a   Nagel, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a AGENCY FOR PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUSTRIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906235353     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22582     Document Type: Article

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