Association between obesity and selected morbidities: A study of BRICS countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Shukla, Ankita ^a   Kumar, Kaushalendra ^a   Singh, Abhishek ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84899553244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094433     Document Type: Article

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