Body size and body composition: A comparison of children in India and the UK through infancy and early childhood

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1147-1153

  D'Angelo, S ^a   Yajnik, C S ^b   Kumaran, K ^b   Joglekar, C ^b   Lubree, H ^b   Crozier, S R ^a   Godfrey, K M ^a,c   Robinson, S M ^a   Fall, C H D ^a   Inskip, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES; HEALTH RISK; PHENOTYPE;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PHENOTYPE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949627029     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204998     Document Type: Article

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