Impact of ethnicity upon body composition assessment in Iranian northern children

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1779-1783

  Veghari, Gholamreza ^a   Asadi, J ^a   Eshghinia, S ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Ethnic; Height; Iran; Weight

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 70549094434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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