Psychosocial and socio-economic factors in women and their relationship to obesity and regional body fat distribution

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 138-145

  Rosmond, Roland ^a   Bjorntorp P ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BMI; Psychosocial; Socio economic; WHR; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEER; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEISURE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WINE;

EID: 0032958793     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800782     Document Type: Article

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