Sociodemographic and health-lifestyle determinants of obesity risks in Malaysia

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-202

  Tan, Andrew K G ^a   Dunn, Richard A ^b   Samad, Mohamed Ismail Abdul ^c   Feisul, Mustapha Idzwan ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

health lifestyle; likelihood; logit; Malaysia; obesity; sociodemographic determinants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 79952677349     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509359535     Document Type: Article

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