Secular growth trends among children in Beijing (1955-2010)

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2016, Pages 210-220

  Lu, Ruoran ^a,b   Zeng, Xiaopeng ^b   Duan, Jiali ^b   Gao, Ting ^b   Huo, Da ^b   Zhou, Tao ^b   Song, Yi ^c   Deng, Ying ^b   Guo, Xiuhua ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Height; Secular trends; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; TREND STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BEIJING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84960467912     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.08.009     Document Type: Article

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