Obesity and other predictors of absenteeism in philadelphia school children

Journal of School Health

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 341-344

  Rappaport, Elizabeth B ^a   Daskalakis, Constantine ^b   Andrel, Jocelyn ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Body mass index; Childhood obesity; Public health; School absenteeism

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHILADELPHIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79956221147     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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