Obesity and socioeconomic status in children of Tijuana

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-203

  Villa Caballero, Leonel ^a   Caballero Solano, Víctor ^d   Chavarría Gamboa, Marcelo ^b   Linares Lomeli, Patricia ^d   Torres Valencia, Erendira ^b   Medina Santillán, Roberto ^c   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 32344438860     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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