Epidemiology of obesity;Epidemiologie der adipositas

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 154, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 296-299

  Kiefer, Ingrid ^a   Kunze, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Obesity; Trends

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 4444256946     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-004-0077-9     Document Type: Review

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