Obesity-related factors in Turkish school children

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dündar, Cihad ^a   Öz, Hatice ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Directorate of Provincial Control Laboratory   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84871934152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/353485     Document Type: Article

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