Body mass index of male youths aged 18-20 years of the Han nationality living in different regions of China

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 488-494

  Shang, Lei ^a   Jiang, Xun ^b   Bao, Xiang Hong ^a   Xue, Fu Bo ^a   Xu, Yong Yong ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anthropometry; Body mass index; China; Nutritional status; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 40049089630     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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