Socio-demographic factors associated with body mass index of female adolescent students in Semnan city, Iran

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-35

  Doustmohammadian, A ^a   Dorostymotlagh, A R ^a   Keshavarz, A ^b   Sadrzadehyeganeh, H ^b   Mohammadpour Ahrangani, B ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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EID: 69549124316     PISSN: 1394035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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