Regional prevalence of short stature in Saudi school-age children and adolescents

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  El Mouzan, Mohammad I ^a   Al Herbish, Abdullah S ^a   Al Salloum, Abdullah A ^a   Al Omer, Ahmad A ^b   Qurachi, Mansour M ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84859621677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/505709     Document Type: Article

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