Secular trends in the body mass index of Canadian children

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1429-1433

  Tremblay, M S ^a   Willms, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SITTING;

EID: 0034727670     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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