Comparison of anthropometric and biochemical indices of adolescents born during and after the Iran-Iraq war; Tehran lipid and glucose study

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-31

  Ramezankhani, Azra ^a   Mehrabi, Yadollah ^b   Mirmiran, Parvin ^a   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indices; Biochemical indices; War

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; IRAQ; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; IRAN; IRAQ; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAR;

EID: 78751490069     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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