Validation of a body mass index nomogram for children as an obesity screening tool in young children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 718-724

  Bass, Jennifer L ^a   Bhatia, Ajay ^b   Boas, Franz E ^d   Sansary, Jorge ^c   Rauch, Daniel ^e  

^a Northwest Permanente ^*  (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMOGRAM; OBESITY;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NOMOGRAMS; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748479005     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806292784     Document Type: Article

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