Overweight among rural girls in Iran: A terrifying prospects of cardiometabolic disorders

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 442-444

  Maddah, Mohsen ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Educational level; Iran; Obesity and overweight; Rural residents

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOTHER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 60649090048     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.083     Document Type: Article

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