Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and waist-height ratio percentiles and central obesity among Pakistani children aged five to twelve years.

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Published in BMC Pediatr on November 21, 2011

Authors

Muhammad Umair Mushtaq1, Sibgha Gull, Hussain Muhammad Abdullah, Ubeera Shahid, Mushtaq Ahmad Shad, Javed Akram

Author Affiliations

1: Ubeera Memorial Research Society, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan. mushtaqmu@gmail.com

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