Identifying very fat and very thin children: Test of criterion standards for screening test

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7217, 1999, Pages 1103-1104

  Mulligan, J ^a   Voss, L D ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0033598593     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7217.1103     Document Type: Article

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