Growth of school children in different urban environments in Argentina

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-227

  Dahinten, S L ^a,b   Castro, L E ^c   Zavatti, J R ^d   Forte, L M ^c   Oyhenart, E E ^c,e  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^d Aluar   (Argentina)

^e Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Overweight; School children; Stunting

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 79551489017     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2010.515949     Document Type: Article

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