Weight status among Iranian adolescents: Comparison of four different criteria

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 641-646

  Bahreini, Nimah ^a,c   Noor, Mohd Ismail ^c   Koon, Poh Bee ^c   Talib, Ruzita Abd ^c,d   Lubis, Syarif Husin ^e   Ganjali Dashti, Marjan ^f   Salehi Abargouei, Amin ^a,b   Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad ^a,b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^e Biomedical Sciences   (Malaysia)

^f SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84884774032     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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