Prevalence and determinants of overweight and obesity among adolescent school children of South Karnataka, India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 176-178

  Kotian, M Shashidhar ^a   Kumar S, Ganesh ^b   Kotian, Suphala S ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 77951991198     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.62587     Document Type: Article

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