Pattern of dietary behaviour and obesity in Ahwaz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 163-170

  Soon, H ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035241529     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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