Prevalence of overweight defined by body mass index in a rural adult population of Bangladesh

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 162-163

  Mostafa Zaman, M ^a,b   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^c  

^a National Centre   (Bangladesh)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0042327994     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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