Body mass index and overweight in relation to residence distance and population density: Experience from the Northern Finland birth cohort 1966

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Näyhä, Simo ^a,b   Lankila, Tiina ^a   Rautio, Arja ^a   Koiranen, Markku ^a   Tammelin, Tuija H ^c   Taanila, Anja ^a,d   Rusanen, Jarmo ^a   Laitinen, Jaana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Finland; Medical geography; Overweight; Population density; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884999141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-938     Document Type: Article

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