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Body mass index in Saudi Arabian children and adolescents: a national reference and comparison with international standards
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Because there are no reference standards for body mass index (BMI) in Saudi children, we established BMI reference percentiles for normal Saudi Arabian children and adolescents and compared them with international standards. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Data from a stratified mul...
Autores principales: | Al Herbish, Abdullah S., El Mouzan, Mohammed I., Al Salloum, Abdullah A., Al Qureshi, Mansour M., Al Omar, Ahmed A., Foster, Peter J., Kecojevic, Tatjana |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19700890 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.55162 |
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