Morbid obesity in a developing country: The Chilean experience

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 813-814

  Bambs, Claudia ^a   Cerda, Jaime ^a   Escalona, Alex ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORBID OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; CHILE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 54249149815     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.048785     Document Type: Short Survey

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