The importance of body weight and weight management for military personnel

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 550-555

  Naghii, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33745044527     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.6.550     Document Type: Article

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