Images of body weight among young men and women: Evidence from Beirut, Lebanon

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-353

  Khawaja, M ^a   Afifi Soweid, R A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; PERCEPTION; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ASIA; BAYRUT; BEIRUT; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 1642443267     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.010785     Document Type: Article

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