The decline in BMI among Japanese women after World War II

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-138

  Maruyama, Shiko ^a   Nakamura, Sayaka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cohort analysis; Data visualization; Japan; Two dimensional nonparametric regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; WAR; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; JAPAN; MORPHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 84937391872     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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