Percentile distribution of the waist circumference among Mexican pre-adolescents of a primary school in Mexico City

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 716-721

  Gómez Díaz, Rita Angélica ^a   Martínez Hernández, Arturo J ^a   Aguilar Salinas, Carlos A ^b   Violante, Rafael ^c   López Alarcón, Mardia ^c   Jiménez Villarruel, Margarita ^d   Wacher Rodarte, Niels ^d   Solórzano Santos, Fortino ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Childhood; Obesity; Overweight; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREPUBERTY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 27744436718     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: 14631326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2004.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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