Need for weight management in Switzerland: Findings from National Blood Pressure Week 2009

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Volken, Thomas ^a   Schaffert, René ^a   Rüesch, Peter ^a  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958766390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-473     Document Type: Article

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