Prevalence of thinness and overweight among urban adolescents of West Bengal, India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 340-341

  Ghosh, Jyoti Ratan ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Arup Ratan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 73049115276     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp002     Document Type: Letter

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