National prevalence of obesity: Prevalence of obesity in Iran

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-192

  Rashidi, A ^a   Mohammadpour Ahranjani, B ^a   Vafa, M R ^a   Karandish, M ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 22744444227     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2005.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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