The effects of socio-economic status on BMI, waist:hip ratio and waist circumference in a group of Iranian women

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 757-761

  Shahraki, Mansour ^a   Shahraki, Touran ^a   Ansari, Hossein ^b  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

BMI; Iranian women; Socio economic status; Waist circumference; Waist:hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LINEAR MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 44649181175     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007001577     Document Type: Article

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