Secular increases in weight, height and body mass index among school children of Hat Yai, Thailand: A 5 years follow-up study

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 532-538

  Sungthong, Rassamee ^a   Mo Suwan, Ladda ^a   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^a   Junjana, Chaon ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033186282     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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