The correlation between age, gender and education with obesity in urban population of Golestan province

Iranian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Abdollahi, A A ^a   Behnampour, N ^a   Vaghari, G ^a   Bazrafshan, H ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Golestan; Obesity; Overweight; Risk factors of obesity

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77957906854     PISSN: 16834844     EISSN: 16835476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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