Change in women's body mass index and waist circumference, 1997 to 2002: The Nepean study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-186

  Shrewsbury, Vanessa A ^a   Garnett, Sarah P ^a,b   Cowell, Christopher T ^a,b   Crawford, David ^c   Baur, Louise A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBESITY; PARITY; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 17844409866     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00071.x     Document Type: Article

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