Prevalence of short stature in Saudi children and adolescents

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 498-501

  El Mouzan, Mohammad I ^a   Al Herbish, Abdullah S ^a   Al Salloum, Abdullah A ^a   Foster, Peter J ^b   Al Omer, Ahmad A ^c   Qurachi, Mansour M ^d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Riyadh Regional Laboratory   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Al Yamama Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80052875269     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.84628     Document Type: Article

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