Weight by height and age for adults 18-74 years. United States, 1971-74.

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  • S Abraham
  • C L Johnson
  • M F Najjar
چکیده

The height and weight measurements ob­ tained as a part of the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANES) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics April 1971 through June 1974 were used to present height and weight findings among men and women aged 18-74 years in the United States. 1 HANES is a program in which measures of nutritional status are collected for a scientif­ ically designed sampIe representative of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States in a broad range of ages. These HANES findings are based on the 0

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Vital and health statistics. Series 11, Data from the national health survey

دوره 208  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1979