Body mass index percentiles among adolescent girls living in Edirne, Turkey

Pediatrics International

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 452-457

  Karasalĩhoǧlu, Serap ^a   Öner, Naci ^a   Ekuklu, Galip ^a   Vatansever, Ülfet ^a   Pala, Özer ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Body mass index; Height; Percentiles; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; TURKEY;

EID: 0141630769     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2003.01741.x     Document Type: Article

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