Lipid profiles, anthropometry and dietary habits of adolescent school boys in Sri Lanka

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-213

  Atukorala, T M S ^a   De Silva, L D R ^a   Jayasinghe, K S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anthropometry; BMI; Boys; Colombo; Coronary risk factors; Dietary fibre intake; Dietary habits; Fat intake; Kurunegala; Negombo; Serum lipids; Smoking; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044442314     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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