Is abdominal obesity associated with the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in Korean school-aged children?

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 313-317

  Kim, Choon Ok ^a   Nam, Chung Mo ^b   Lee, Duk Chul ^a   Chang, Joon ^a   Lee, Ji Won ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Influenza A (H1N1)

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH KOREA; TRAVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASKS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STUDENTS;

EID: 84865299331     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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