Overweight and obesity: Prevalence and their association with some social characteristics in a random sample population-based study in Córdoba city, Argentina

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-83

  Aballay, Laura R ^a   Osella, Alberto R ^b   Celi, Alejandra ^a   del Pilar Díaz, María ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Argentina; Epidemiology; Obesity overweight; Proportional odds model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 63749116370     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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