Prevalence and determinants of obesity - A cross-sectional study of an adult Northern Nigerian population

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wahab, Kolawole W ^a   Sani, Mahmoud U ^b   Yusuf, Bashir O ^c   Gbadamosi, Maruf ^a   Gbadamosi, Akeem ^b   Yandutse, Mahmoud I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; INCOME; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN POPULATION; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79952079113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-4-10     Document Type: Article

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