Percentile curves for anthropometric measures for Canadian children and youth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Kuhle, Stefan ^a   Maguire, Bryan ^a   Ata, Nicole ^a   Hamilton, David ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941343311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132891     Document Type: Article

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