Prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity among Pakistani primary school children

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mushtaq, Muhammad Umair ^a,b   Gull, Sibgha ^c   Abdullah, Hussain Muhammad ^a   Shahid, Ubeera ^a   Shad, Mushtaq Ahmad ^b   Akram, Javed ^a  

^a ALLAMA IQBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b District Health Office Nankana Sahib   (Pakistan)

^c KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84856074760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-724     Document Type: Article

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