Extreme obesity among children in Mexico

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Jimenez Cruz, Arturo ^a   Bacardi Gascon, Montserrat ^a   Jones, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Hospital Infantil de Las Californias   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34548016578     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.05.017     Document Type: Letter

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