The prevalence of obesity and its related risk factor in the north of Iran in 2006

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-121

  Veghari, Gholamreza ^a   Sedaghat, Mehdi ^a   Joshaghani, Hamidreza ^a   Hoseini, Ahmad ^a   Niknezhad, Farhad ^a   Angizeh, Abdolhamid ^a   Tazik, Ebrahim ^a   Moharloei, Pooneh ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adults; Iran; Obesity; Socio demographic factors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79751496799     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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