Surveillance, screening, and reporting children's BMI in a school-based setting: A legal perspective

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Ryan, Kevin W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Arkansas Center for Health Improvement   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index for age; Childhood obesity; Public health; State authority; State police power

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ARKANSAS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349260823     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3586K     Document Type: Review

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