Prevalence of overweight and obese school children aged between 7 to 16 years amongst the major 3 ethnic groups in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 172-174

  Kasmini, K ^a   Idris, M N ^a   Fatimah, A ^a   Hanafiah, S ^a   Iran, H ^a   Asmah, M N ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chinese; Epidemiology; Indian; Kuala Lumpur; Malay; Malaysia; Obese; Overweight; Prevalence; School children

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944455301     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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