Growth in Central Australian Aborigines

Stature

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23129705
AutoresT Brown (0000-0002-9038-9106, Department of Dental ScienceThe University of Adelaide, autor de correspondencia), M J Barrett (0000-0001-5606-8221, Department of Dental ScienceThe University of Adelaide)
Año1971
Volumen2
Número1
Páginas29-33
Fecha de publicación1971-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Medical Journal of Australia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0025-729X • E-ISSN: 1326-5377
EditorialAMPCo (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb50397.x
PMID5094770
OpenAlexW2397508141
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas11

Centile curves for height attained from age five and one-half years to maturity were derived from stature measurements recorded between 1961 and 1969 in a longitudinal growth study of Aboriginal children living under settlement conditions at Yuendumu in the Northern Territory of Australia. There was little difference in stature between boys and girls up to age eight years. Girls were taller than boys between ages eight and 14 years. Boys were taller than girls after age 14 years. Aboriginal boys were found to be a little shorter than British boys of corresponding age. Aboriginal girls from age six years to maturity were found to be about the same height as British girls of corresponding age.

Geography · Short stature · Sociology · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · Demography · Medicine · Pediatrics