Obesity and overweight prevalences in rural and urban populations in East Spain and its association with undiagnosed hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus: A cross-sectional population-based survey

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hernández Mijares, Antonio ^a,b,c   Solá Izquierdo, Eva ^a,b   Ballester Mechá, Francisco ^d   Marí Herrero, María Teresa ^e   Gilabert Molés, Juan Vicente ^d   Gimeno Clemente, Natalia ^b,c   Morales Suárez Varela, María ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Official College of Pharmacists   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE LA PLANA   (Spain)

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EID: 77049084129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-151     Document Type: Article

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