Prevalence of obesity and its association with socioeconomic factors in elderly Iranians from Razavi-Khorasan Province

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Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 1286-1293

  Nematy, M ^a   Sakhdari, A ^b   Ahmadi Moghaddam, P ^b   Aliabadi, M ^a   Kimiagar, M ^c   Ilaty, A A ^a   Azimi Nezhad, M ^b   Shakeri, M T ^a   Ghayour Mobarhan, M ^a,b   Sahebkar, A ^b   Ferns, G A A ^d  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Free living elderly people (community dwellers); Malnutrition; Obesity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 73949086102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.139     Document Type: Article

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