Increase of obesity in students who go to ambulatory consultation in the Children's Hospital of the State of Sonora [1];Aumenta la obesidad en escolares que acuden a la consulta ambulatoria del Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 257-258

  Hurtado Valenzuela, Jaime G ^a   Sotelo Cruz, Norberto ^a   Avilés Rodríguez, Marisela ^a   Peñuelas Beltrán, Claudia I ^a  

^a Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CONSULTATION; LETTER; MEXICO; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 27644534240     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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