Obesity and related risk factors

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-267

  Mozaffari, Habibeh ^a   Nabaei, B ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IRAN;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249815540     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0041-y     Document Type: Article

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