title: [Anthropometric characteristics of rural school children 8-13 years of age living in radioactive pollution areas].
abstract: The paper presents the results of a study of age- and sex-specific features of physical development in schoolchildren aged 8 to 13 years who reside in the rural areas exposed to radioisotopes. Changes in their body weight, height, and weight-height ratio are analyzed.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Kienia
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Zaika
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Mel'nik
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Mel'nik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002094:Republic of Belarus; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors