Prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among high-school girls in Sistan va Baluchistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1293-1300

  Montazerifar, F ^a   Karajibani, M ^a   Rakhshani, F ^b   Hashemi, M ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS; THINNESS; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 73249123309     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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