Use of the body mass index (BMI) as a measure of overweight in children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-193

  Dietz, W H ^a   Robinson, T N ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; NOMOGRAM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0031917938     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(98)70426-3     Document Type: Editorial

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