State requirements and recommendations for school-based screenings for body mass index or body composition, 2010

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Linchey, Jennifer ^a   Madsen, Kristine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83455174296     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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