Comparison of body mass index of a national cohort of Maltese children over a 3-year interval

Malta Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-39

  Sant'Angelo, Victoria Farrugia ^a   Grech, Victor ^b  

^a Primary Child Health and Immunisation Unit   (Malta)

^b MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Epidemiology; Obese; Obesity burden of disease; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MALTESE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

EID: 80054102830     PISSN: 18133339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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