Obesity amond Saudi male adolescents in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-33

  Al Rukban, Mohammed O ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0037224333     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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