Waist circumference distribution of chinese school-age children and adolescents

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-20

  Ji, Cheng Ye ^a   Ytsung, Rita ^b   Ma, Guan Sheng ^c   Ma, Jun ^a   He, Zhong Hu ^a   Chen, Tian Jiao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Chinese youth; Overweight and obesity; School age children and adolescents; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHELUS AKAARA;

EID: 77952165808     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(10)60026-8     Document Type: Article

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