Overweight and obesity as components of malnutrition in schoolchildren from Corrientes, Argentina;Sobrepeso y obesidad como componentes de la malnutrición, en escolares de la ciudad de Corrientes. Argentina

Revista Chilena de Pediatria

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 499-503

  Poletti C , Oscar H ^a   Barrios, M Lilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Low weight; Malnutrition; Obesity; Overweight; School children

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 1842478781     PISSN: 03704106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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