Prevalence of overweight and cardiovascular risk factors in rural and urban children from Central Asia: The Kazakhstan Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 809-820

  Facchini, Fiorenzo ^a   Fiori, Giovanni ^b   Bedogni, Giorgio ^b,c   Galletti, Livia ^a   Belcastro, Maria Giovanna ^a   Ismagulov, Orazak ^d   Ismagulova, Ainagul ^d   Sharmanov, Turegeldy ^d   Tsoy, Igor ^d   Rizzoli, Sara ^b   Goldoni, Matteo ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MediData Studi e Ricerche   (Italy)

^c Liver Research Center   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KAZAKHSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 36048996848     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20646     Document Type: Article

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