A Comparison between International Obesity Task Force and Center for Disease Control References in Assessment of Overweight and Obesity Among Adolescents in Babol, Northern Iran.

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Published in Int J Prev Med on February 01, 2013

Authors

Karimollah Hajian-Tilaki1, Behzad Heidari

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social Medicine and Health, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.

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