Underweight, overweight and obesity among Zaboli adolescents: A comparison between international and Iranians' national criteria

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 523-530

  Salehi Abargouei, Amin ^a,b   Abdollahzad, Hadi ^c   Bameri, Zoleykhah ^d   Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad ^a,b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ZABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Iran; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Zabol

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84879583396     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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