Measurement Matters

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-179

  Horlick, Mary ^a   Hediger, Mary L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 74549119703     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.09.055     Document Type: Editorial

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