Sonographic assessment of the abdominal wall thickness in primary school children of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-64

  Ramzan, Muhammad ^a   Ali, Irshad ^a   Yaqoob, Muhammad ^b   Ramzan, Faiqah ^c   Ramzan, Faiza ^c   Ramzan, Muhammad Haris ^d  

^a GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine IRNUM   (Pakistan)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Abdominal wall thickness; Obesity; Primary school children

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL WALL THICKNESS; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; UMBILICUS;

EID: 79951734690     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.60.64     Document Type: Article

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