Association of body mass index with educational level in Iranian men and women

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 819-823

  Maddah, M ^a   Eshraghian, M R ^b   Djazayery, A ^b   Mirdamadi, R ^c  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

BMI; Developing countries; Education; Iran; Social class; WHR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; LEISURE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; TIME;

ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

IRANIA;

EID: 0042309741     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601615     Document Type: Article

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