Overweight and obesity among Iranian female adolescents in Rasht: More overweight in the lower social group

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 450-453

  Maddah, Mohsen ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Educational level; Iran; Obesity and overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34247586011     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007219664     Document Type: Article

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