Aims, methods and preliminary findings of the Physical Activity, Nutrition and Allergies in Children Examined in Athens (PANACEA) epidemiological study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Priftis, Kostas N ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b   Anthracopoulos, Michael B ^c   Papadimitriou, Anastasios ^d   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^d  

^a PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WEIGHT GAIN; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34547617514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-140     Document Type: Article

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