Effects of oral contraceptive use on body mass index and blood pressure among female villagers in North-east Thailand

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-261

  Murayama, Nobuko ^a   Matsunaga, Ayu ^b   Tangbanluekal, Ladda ^c   Tantawiwat, Suwalee ^d   Ohtsuka, Ryutaro ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; THAILAND; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 0037379541     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932003002438     Document Type: Article

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