Obesity in the UK armed forces: Risk factors

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 507-512

  Sundin, Josefi N ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Rona, Roberto J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79960961356     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00260     Document Type: Article

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