Comorbities of overweight/obesity in Australian preschoolers: A cross-sectional population study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 502-507

  Wake, M ^a,b,c   Hardy, P ^a,b   Sawyer, M G ^d   Carlin, J B ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 45549091178     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.128116     Document Type: Article

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