Obesity and overweight prevalence among adolescents with disabilities

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Rimmer, James H ^a   Yamaki, Kiyoshi ^b   Davis, Brienne M ^b   Wang, Edward ^a   Vogel, Lawrence C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Disability and Human Development ^*  (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABLED PERSON; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISABLED PERSONS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958694589     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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