Factors associated with obesity in Iranian elderly people: Results from the national health survey

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bakhshi, Enayatollah ^a   Seifi, Behjat ^b   Biglarian, Akbar ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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EID: 83355161424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-538     Document Type: Article

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