Prevalence and correlates of obesity among older adults

Life Science Journal

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL.4, 2013, Pages 90-96

  Jahangiri, Hamideh ^a   Norouzi, Alireza ^b   Dadsetan, Parirokh ^b   Mirbagheri, Seyed Amir ^c  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Age; Alcohol consumption; Diabetes; Educational level; Gender; Hypertension and Cardiovascular diseases; Obesity; Older Adults; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874891331     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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