Factors related to obesity among Iranian men: Results from the National Health Survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1389-1394

  Bakhshi, Enayatollah ^a,b   Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Eshraghian, Mohammad R ^a   Seifi, Behjat ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Generalised estimating equation; Iranian men; Obesity; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958573135     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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