Anthropometric measurements and obesity diagnosis in schoolchildren

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Cândido, Ana Pc ^a   Freitas, Sílvia N ^b   MacHado Coelho, George L L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometric parameters; Obesity; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONICITY INDEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; ROHRER INDEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80051865635     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02296.x     Document Type: Article

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