Overweight and obesity in children from Shenzhen, Peoples Republic of China

Health and Place

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-376

  Hui, Li ^b   Bell, A Colin ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; China; Obesity; Overweight; Shenzhen

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

CHINA; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; SHENZHEN;

EID: 0141788701     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(03)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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