Prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity in a sample of urban adult population within South East of Iran

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-197

  Rezaeian, Mohsen ^a   Salem, Zinat ^a  

^a Rafsanjan Medical School   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Adults; Iran; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 34249737027     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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