Prevalence of overweight among Malaysian adults from rural communities

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 272-279

  Khor, Geok Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Malaysia; Nutritional status; Obesity; Rural communities; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844454051     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.1999.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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