Childhood obesity trends from primary care electronic health records in England between 1994 and 2013: Population-based cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 214-219

  Van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M ^a   Gulliford, Martin C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ENGLAND; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84923349226     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307151     Document Type: Article

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