Correspondence between children's nutritional status and mothers' perceptions: A population-based study;Correspondência entre o estado nutricional de crianças e a percepção materna: Um estudo populacional

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2285-2290

  Molina, Maria del Carman Bisi ^a   de Faria, Carolina Perim ^a   Montero, Pilar ^b   Cade, Nagela Valadão ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body image; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749111563     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2009001000018     Document Type: Article

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