Prevalence of body weight disorders among adolescent school girls in Tarka, Nigeria

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 467-471

  Goon, D T ^a   Toriola, A L ^a,b   Uever, J N ^b   Wuam, S ^c   Toriola, O M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d Animal Production Unit   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body weight; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NIGERIA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84856254652     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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