Prevalence of obesity and associated risk factors among adults in Kinondoni municipal district, Dar es Salaam Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shayo, Grace A ^a   Mugusi, Ferdinand M ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956205282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-365     Document Type: Article

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