Prevalence and 10-year secular trend of obesity in Oman

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 346-351

  Al Lawati, Jawad A ^a   Jousilahti, Pekka J ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; OMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1842688259     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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