Childhood obesity in the middle east: A review;Revue sur l'obésité de l'enfant au Moyen-Orient

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Mirmiran, P ^a   Sherafat Kazemzadeh, R ^a   Jalali Farahani, S ^a   Azizi, F ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; GENDER; HUMAN; IRAN; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; OMAN; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 78751622317     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.9.1009     Document Type: Article

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