Perinatal and family factors associated with preadolescence overweight/obesity in Greece: The GRECO study

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-153

  Risvas, Grigoris ^a   Papaioannou, Ivi ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b   Farajian, Paul ^a   Bountziouka, Vasiliki ^a,b   Zampelas, Antonis ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Obesity; Pre and post natal factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868302595     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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