C-reactive protein and body mass index in children: Findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 486-492

  Ford, Earl S ^a   Galuska, Deborah A ^a   Gillespie, Cathleen ^a   Will, Julie C ^a   Giles, Wayne H ^a   Dietz, William H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035046226     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2001.112898     Document Type: Article

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