Sensitivity and specificity of overweight classification of adolescents, Brazil;Sensibilidade e especificidade de classificação de sobrepeso em adolescentes, Rio de Janeiro

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 226-231

  Chiara, Vera ^a   Sichieri, Rosely ^a   Martins, Patrícia D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anthropometry; Body mass index; Obesity, epidemiology; Prevalence; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD;

EID: 0038753849     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000200010     Document Type: Article

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