Report on childhood obesity in China (7) comparison of NCHS and WGOC

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-279

  Xu, Yi Qun ^a   Ji, Cheng Ye ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Childhood obesity; Metabolic syndromes; Overweight; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649167764     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(08)60041-0     Document Type: Article

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