The effect of the economic transition on the body mass index of conscripts in Poland

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-106

  Kozieł, Sławomir ^a   Welon, Zygmunt ^a   Bielicki, Tadeusz ^a   Szklarska, Alicja ^a   Ulijaszek, Stanley ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Economic transition; Obesity; Poland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; POLAND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBANIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; SOLDIER; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POLAND; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 3543078094     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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