Prevalence of overweight in adolescents: A population-based study in a southern Brazilian city;Prevalência de sobrepeso em adolescentes: Um estudo de base populacional em uma cidade no Sul do Brasil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-162

  Dutra, Carmem L ^a   Araújo, Cora L ^a   Bertoldi, Andréa D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Nutritional Assessment; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646421931     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2006000100016     Document Type: Article

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