The relationship between body weight and health care among German women

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1473-1480

  Meisinger, Christa ^a,b   Heier, Margit ^b   Loewel, Hannelore ^b  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Epidemiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body weight; Cancer screening; Germany; Health care; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST TUMOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 16544387549     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.184     Document Type: Article

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