THE PELATIONSHIP OF ANTHROPOMETIRC MEASURES OF HISPANIC CHILDREN UP TO AGE 5, ECONOMIC STATUS AND PARENTAL STATURE

Using data from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1982-1984 of the Nutritional Centre for health statistics (NCHS), the heights, weights and arm circumferences of 217 Mexican – American children ranging from six to sixty months were examined to assess the influence of birth weigh...

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Main Author: M.Alavi Naini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 1998-08-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/826.pdf&manuscript_id=826