Trends in the prevalence of obesity among Belgian men at work, 1977-1992

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 988-992

  Stam Moraga, M C ^a,d   Kolanowski, J ^b   Dramaix, M ^a   De Henauw, S ^c   De Bacquer, D ^c   De Backer, G ^c   Kornitzer, M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Service d'Addictologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031659855     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800716     Document Type: Article

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