Prevalence of childhood obesity in a representative sample of elementary school children in puerto rico by socio-demographic characteristics, 2008

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 357-363

  Rivera Soto, Winna T ^a   Rodríguez Figueroa, Linnette ^a   Calderón, Glena ^a  

^a University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Low income families; Prevalence of childhood obesity; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78649461441     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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