Sizes and obesity pattern of South Iranian adolescent females

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-202

  Ayatollahi, S M T ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

IRANIA;

EID: 0037361867     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0301446021000054578     Document Type: Article

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