Reference body mass index curves for Turkish children 6 to 18 years of age

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 827-836

  Ozturk, Ahmet ^a   Mazicioglu, Mumtaz M ^a   Hatipoglu, Nihal ^a   Budak, Nurten ^a   Keskin, Gulcan ^b   Yazlak, Zehra ^b   Balci, Nezaket ^b   Yildiz, Hale ^b   Yildiz, Kasim ^b   Ustunbas, H Basri ^a   Kurtoglu, Selim ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Institute of Health   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescents; BMI; Children; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; IRAN; ITALY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCANDINAVIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 53849138694     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2008.21.9.827     Document Type: Article

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