Weight status and dietary intake among female children and adolescents aged 6-17 years in a welfare home, Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-89

  Chee, Y F ^a   Roseline Yap, Wai Kuan Roseline ^a   Siti S B , Sabariah B ^a  

^a UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

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