Influence of education in the prevalence of obesity in Iranian northern adults

Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-33

  Veghari, Gholamreza ^a   Sedaghat, Mehdi ^a   Maghsodlo, Siavash ^a   Banihashem, Samieh ^a   Moharloei, Pooneh ^a   Angizeh, Abdolhamid ^a   Tazik, Ebrahim ^a   Moghaddami, Abbas ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adults; Education; Northern Iran; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84879803345     PISSN: 09753583     EISSN: 09762833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcdr.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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