Comparison of the obesity risk and related factors in employed and unemployed (housewife) premenopausal urban women

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-196

  Ersoy, Canan ^a   Imamoglu, Sazi ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Housewife; Obesity; Occupation; Overweight; Premenopause; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIET; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33748039123     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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