Prevalence of physical inactivity and barriers to physical activity among obese attendants at a community health-care center in Karachi, Pakistan

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Samir, Nafisa ^a   Mahmud, Sadia ^b   Khuwaja, Ali Khan ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

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EID: 79957917059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-174     Document Type: Article

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