Environmental factors associated with body mass index in a population of Southern France

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-297

  Cournot, Maxime ^a   Ruidavets, Jean Bernard ^a   MarquiãƒÂ©, Jean Claude ^b   Esquirol, Yolande ^b   Baracat, Bruno ^b   Ferriãƒâeres, Jean ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

age at menarche; body fatness; nap; sleeping time; television watching

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION; WORKER;

EID: 4344656180     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000129738.22970.62     Document Type: Article

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