Increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity from 1995 to 1998 among 18-year-old males in Sweden [2]

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 888-889

  Rasmussen, F ^a   Johansson, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033863204     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352500750043855     Document Type: Letter

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