Impact of parity on obesity: A cross-sectional study in Iranian women

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-74

  Hajiahmadi, Mahmoud ^a   Shafi, Hamid ^a   Delavar, Mouloud Agajani ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

BMI; Pregnancy; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRANIAN PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; BODY MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84921435698     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000368358     Document Type: Article

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