Association of educational level with risk of obesity and abdominal obesity in Iranian adults

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-209

  Hajian Tilaki, K O ^a   Heidari, B ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Education; Iran; Obesity; Sex

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77952998912     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp083     Document Type: Article

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