Socioeconomic status and obesity relationship in non-menopause women aged 15-49 years in Tehran, Iran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 84-89

  Mohammad, K ^a   Golestan, B ^a   Majdzadeh, R ^a   Chaman, R ^b   Nedjat, S ^a   Karimloo, M ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c University of Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; National health survey; Obesity; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349993586     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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