Obesity indices among infants and their parents, Shiraz, Iran

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 161-167

  Ayatollahi, S M T ^a,b   Heydari, S T ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Age related; Infant; Obesity chart; Parent

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEPHALOMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PARENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX; WEIGHT;

EID: 20544471575     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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