Nutritional status of school-aged children of Buenos Aires, Argentina: Data using three references

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 403-411

  Kovalskys, I ^a   Rausch Herscovici, C ^b   De Gregorio, M J ^c  

^a International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

children; obesity; public health

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARGENTINA; BODY MASS INDEX; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80052288678     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq079     Document Type: Article

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