Obesity predictors in people with chronic spinal cord injury: An analysis by injury related variables

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-339

  Sabour, Hadis ^a,b   Javidan, Abbas Noroozi ^b   Vafa, Mohammad Reza ^a   Shidfar, Farzad ^a   Nazari, Maryam ^b   Saberi, Hooshang ^b   Rahimi, Abbas ^a   Razavi, Hasan Emami ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Iran; Obesity; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARAPLEGIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79955513093     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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