Using child health checks to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among urban Indigenous children

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 596-

  Fonda, Annie R ^a   Spurling, Geoffrey K ^a   Askew, Deborah A ^a   Davies, Peter S W ^a   Hayman, Noel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77952703703     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03645.x     Document Type: Letter

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