Anthropometric indices in 6-14 year-old girls in Qazvin, Iran

Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Volumn 29, Issue 165, 2012, Pages

  Saffari, Fatemeh ^a   Jalilolgadr, Shabnam ^a   Esmailzadehha, Neda ^a   Shariatinejad, Keivan ^b  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Girls; Growth; Height; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84856845710     PISSN: 10277595     EISSN: 1735854X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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