Prevalence of central obesity in a large sample of adolescents from public schools in Recife, Brazil;Prevalência de obesidade central em grande amostra de adolescentes de escolas públicas em Recife, Brasil

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 607-611

  Griz, Luiz H M ^a   Viégas, Maíra ^a   Barros, Mauro ^a   Griz, Adriana L ^b   Freese, Eduardo ^c   Bandeira, Francisco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent Health; Alcohol; Blood Pressure; Central Obesity; Physical Activity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649473207     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302010000700004     Document Type: Article

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