Prevalence of obesity in a population of 10-19 year olds in a pediatric center. (Argentina);Prevalencia de obesidad en una población de 10 a 19 años en la consulta pediátrica

Revista Chilena de Pediatria

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 324-325

  Kovalskys, Irina ^a,d   Bay, Luisa ^b   Herscovici, Lic Cecile Rausch ^c   Berner, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

^b Hospital de Pediatría SAMIC Prof Dr J P Garrahan   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Terapias Sistémicas

^d NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Child; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 31144452681     PISSN: 03704106     EISSN: 07176228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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