Obesity among Iranian old adult women in urban and rural areas in Guilan

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-45

  Maddah, Mohsen ^a   Sharami, Seyedeh Hajar ^b  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Obesity; Older women; Overweight; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78049463084     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.03.114     Document Type: Article

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