Obesity and overweight in Croatia;Pretilost i prekomjerna tjelesna težina u Hrvatskoj

Acta Medica Croatica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-273

  Heim, Inge ^a,b   Leontić, Dubravka Kruhek ^a,c   Gostović, Mirjana Jembrek ^a,c  

^a Poliklinika za Prevenciju Kardiovaskularnih Bolesti I Rehabilitaciju I   (Croatia)

^b Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation ^*  (Croatia)

^c Private Clinic for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROATIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 34347252312     PISSN: 13300164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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