Prevalence of self-reported overweight-obesity and its association with socioeconomic and health factors among older Mexican adults

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  Ruiz Arregui, Liliana ^a   Castillo Martínez, Lilia ^a   Orea Tejeda, Arturo ^a   Mejía Arango, Silvia ^a   Miguel Jaimes, Alejandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health factors; Mexico; Obesity; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548105927     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36342007001000007     Document Type: Article

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