Body mass index and the risk of acute injury in adolescents

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 351-356

  Doan, Quynh ^a   Koehoorn, Mieke ^a   Kissoon, Niranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Paediatrics; Wound and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 77956143631     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/15.6.351     Document Type: Article

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