A comparison of distribution curves of body mass index from Brazil and the United States for assessing overweight and obesity in Brazilian adolescents

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 79-85

  Da Veiga, Glória Valéria ^a   Dias, Patrícia Camacho ^a   Dos Anjos, Luiz Antonio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Brazil; Health of adolescents; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATURATION; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034837201     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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