Patterns of body weight in the Baltic Republics

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-10

  Pomerleau, Joceline ^a   Pudule, Iveta ^b   Grinberga, Daiga ^b   Kadziauskiene, Kamelija ^c   Abaravicius, Algis ^d   Bartkeviciute, Roma ^c   Vaask, Sirje ^e   Robertson, Aileen ^f   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Promotion Centre   (Latvia)

^c National Nutrition Centre   (Lithuania)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e Ministry for Social Affairs Estonia   (Estonia)

^f WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diet; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033998634     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980000000021     Document Type: Article

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