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Original Article

Assessment of linear growth of affluent urban Pakistani adolescents according to CDC 2000 references

R. Hakeem Department of Food and Nutrition, Rana Liaqat Ali Khan Government College of Home Economics, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, PakistanCorrespondence[email protected]
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A. H. Shaikh Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e Iqbal Campus, Karachi 75300, Pakistan
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F. Asar Department of Food and Nutrition, Rana Liaqat Ali Khan Government College of Home Economics, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Pages 282-291 | Received 27 Sep 2002, Accepted 01 Sep 2003, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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