Growth charts and obesity prevalence among Lebanese private schools adolescents

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-82

  Chakar, Hilda ^a   Salameh, Pascale R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c Jdeidet El Meten   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 34447538257     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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