Waist circumference percentiles in children and adolescents of Maracaibo Municipality of Zulia State, Venezuela;Percentiles de circunferencia de cintura en niños y adolescentes del municipio Maracaibo del Estado Zulia, Venezuela

Anales Venezolanos de Nutricion

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-20

  Vargas, María Eugenia ^a   Souki, Aida ^a   Ruiz, Gabriel ^a   García, Doris ^a   Mengual, Edgardo ^a   González, Carmen Cristina ^a   Chavez, Mervin ^b   González, Luisandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Children and adolescents; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ZULIA;

EID: 84860997671     PISSN: 07980752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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