Obesity in Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 554-562

  Kantachuvessiri, Aree ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Obesity; Thailand

Indexed keywords

SIBUTRAMINE;

BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; THAILAND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 23044433969     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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