Socio-economic discrepancies in growth status of Jordanian children in military-run schools at the turn of the twentieth century

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 548-549

  Majali, Hassan ^a   Batieha, Anwar M ^b   Jaddou, Hashem Y ^b   Khawaldeh, Abdelkareem ^a   Ajlouni, Kamel M ^a  

^a National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Genetics Jordan   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; JORDAN; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0038692896     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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