Obesity among Mongolian adults from urban and rural areas

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-194

  Otgontuya, D ^a   Khor, G L ^b   Lye, M S ^b   Norhaizan, M E ^b  

^a National Public Health Institute   (Mongolia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Mongolian adults; Obesity; Rural areas; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952901575     PISSN: 1394035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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