The positive association between number of children and obesity in Iranian women and men: Results from the National Health Survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bakhshi, Enayatollah ^a   Eshraghian, Mohammad Reza ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Foroushani, Abbas Rahimi ^a   Zeraati, Hojat ^a   Fotouhi, Akbar ^a   Siassi, Fraidon ^a   Seifi, Behjat ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARITY; SMOKING; UNEMPLOYMENT; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 46749144582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-213     Document Type: Article

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