Prevalence of overweight among secondary school students in Klang District, Selangor

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Lekhraj Rampal, G R ^a   Sidik, Sherina Mohd ^a   Rampal, Sanjay ^b   Jie, Daniel Wong Yi ^a   Lee, Chow Poh ^a   Shya, Liew Jer ^a   Shun, Shum Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

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