Body mass index in Saudi Arabian children and adolescents: A national reference and comparison with international standards

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 342-347

  Al Herbish, Abdullah S ^a,c   El Mouzan, Mohammed I ^a   Al Salloum, Abdullah A ^a   Al Qureshi, Mansour M ^b   Al Omar, Ahmed A ^b   Foster, Peter J ^c   Kecojevic, Tatjana ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350593910     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.55162     Document Type: Article

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