Prevalence of obesity in affluent school boys in Pune [1]

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 857-858

  Khadilkar, V V ^a   Khadilkar, A V ^a  

^a JEHANGIR HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4344576399     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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