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Research Papers

Body mass index percentiles for Turkish children aged 0–84 months

Meda KondolotUnit of Social Pediatrics, Department of PediatricsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Elcin BalcıDepartment of Public Health
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Ahmet OzturkDepartment of Biostatistics
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Mumtaz M. MazıcıogluDepartment of Family Medicine
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Nihal HatipogluDepartment of Pediatric Endocrinology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
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Selim KurtogluDepartment of Pediatric Endocrinology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
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H. Basri UstunbasDepartment of Family Medicine
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Pages 676-680 | Received 20 Mar 2011, Accepted 29 Jun 2011, Published online: 29 Sep 2011

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