Family factors associated with abdominal obesity in adolescents;Fatores familiares associados à obesidade abdominal entre adolescents

Revista Brasileira de Saude Materno Infantil

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-457

  Fernandes, Rômulo Araújo ^a   Casonatto, Juliano ^b   Christofaro, Diego Giuliano Destro ^b   Cucato, Gabriel Grizzo ^b   de Oliveira, Arli Ramos ^b   Freitas Júnior, Ismael Forte ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal circumference; Adolescents; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949127002     PISSN: 15193829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-38292009000400010     Document Type: Article

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