Obesity in adolescents of Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 315-319

  Rehman, T ^a   Rizvi, Z ^a   Siddiqui, U ^a   Ahmad, S ^a   Sophie, A ^a   Siddiqui, M ^a   Saeed, O ^a   Kizilbash, Q ^a   Shaikh, A ^a   Lakhani, A ^a   Shakoor, A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING HABIT; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 39149113761     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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