Factors associated with being underweight, overweight and obese among ever-married non-pregnant urban women in Bangladesh

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 804-813

  Khan, M M H ^a   Kraemer, A ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Rural urban migration; Socioeconomic status; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349279189     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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