Secular increases in body fat percentage in male children of Zaragoza, Spain, 1980-1995

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 357-363

  Moreno, Luis A ^a   Fleta, Jesús ^a   Sarría, Antonio ^b   Rodríguez, Gerardo ^b   Bueno, Manuel ^b  

^a EU Ciencias de la Salud   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body fat; Child; Males; Obesity; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPAIN;

EID: 0034756701     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2001.0900     Document Type: Article

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