Obesity prevalence among a group of Chicago residents with disabilities

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1461-1464

  Rimmer, James H ^a   Wang, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabled persons; Obesity; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHICAGO; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 21344435049     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.10.038     Document Type: Article

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