The cross cultural context of obesity: An INCLEN multicentre collaborative study

Health and Place

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-286

  Treloar, Carla ^a   Porteous, Jennifer ^a   Hassan, Fatma ^b   Kasniyah, Naniek ^c   Lakshmanudu, M ^d   Sama, Martyn ^e   Sja'Bani, Mochammad ^c   Heller, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^c GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Ecl Normale Sup Yaounde Univ Y   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Obesity; Prevention; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAMEROON; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; EGYPT; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0032730786     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(99)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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