Descriptive epidemiology of body mass index of an urban adult population in Western India

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 876-880

  Shukla, Heema C ^a   Gupta, P C ^b   Mehta, H C ^b   Hebert, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; MORPHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; THINNESS; URBAN HEALTH;

INDIA;

EID: 0036837971     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.11.876     Document Type: Article

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