Anthropometric data for 4,683 Western Australian secondary school children from the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia, were compared with figures compiled in 1940 from the same area. In the 44 year period, the average stature of 12to 18-year-old males increased by approximately 4% in eac
Secular changes in the stature and weight of Taiwanese children, 1964–1988
✍ Scribed by Yi-Ching Huang; Robert M. Malina
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 723 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1042-0533
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