How does maturity adjustment influence the estimates of overweight prevalence in adolescents from different countries using an international reference?
- 20 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Obesity
- Vol. 25 (4) , 550-558
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0801580
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