Anthropometry and body composition of school children in Bahrain

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 258-269

  Gharib, Nadia M ^a   Rasheed, Parveen ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; MORPHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BAHRAIN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 70149095082     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.55309     Document Type: Article

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