Obesity in the north of Iran (South-East of the Caspian Sea)

Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 100-101

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

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

EID: 79954481983     PISSN: 03779238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bmrcb.v36i3.6167     Document Type: Letter

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