title: Growth of adolescents in Mali (West Africa).
abstract: This report describes the growth curve during adolescence in the rural area of Mali (West Africa). The authors measured the height, weight, and arm circumference in a sample of 1255 subjects over 14 years and below 20 years of age during a 2-year cross-sectional study (1984-1985). The comparison of the trend of these criteria with French data suggests that Malian adolescents present a different growth curve to those observed in industralized countries.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Prazuck
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Fisch
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Pichard
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Sidibe
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Gentilini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001132:Arm / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali; D012424:Rural Population