Body mass index, waist to hip ratio and waist/height in adult Polish women in relation to their education, place of residence, smoking and alcohol consumption

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-342

  Skrzypczak, M ^a   Szwed, A ^a   Pawlinska Chmara R ^b   Skrzypulec, V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 49649121954     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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