Overweight prevalence in persons with Down syndrome

Mental Retardation

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-181

  Rubin, Stephen S ^b   Rimmer, James H ^b   Chicoine, Brian ^b   Braddock, David ^b   McGuire, Dennis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREMATURE AGING; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031775592     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(1998)036<0175:OPIPWD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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