Coexisting health problems in obese children and adolescents that might require special treatment considerations

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 305-307

  Smith, J Clinton ^a,b   Field, Cynthia ^a   Braden, David S ^a   Gaymes, Charles H ^a   Kastner, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL;

EID: 0032897535     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903800510     Document Type: Article

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