Measuring children and monitoring obesity: Surveys of English Primary Care Trusts 2004-06

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 330-336

  Patterson, Lesley ^a   Jarvis, Paul ^a   Verma, Arpana ^a   Harrison, Roger ^a,b   Buchan, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Bolton Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child health; Obesity; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33845263700     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdl070     Document Type: Review

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