Effect of husband's education on fatness of wives

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Lipowicz, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MANUAL LABOR; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; THIGH; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MALE; POLAND; SPOUSE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; POLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0037208129     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10119     Document Type: Article

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