Association of television viewing time with central obesity status in rural Asian Indian Women: Santiniketan women study

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 427-430

  Ghosh, Arnab ^a   Bhagat, Minakshi ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899486534     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22536     Document Type: Article

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