Women’s Health in India: The Role of Body Mass Index

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 320-341

  Agrawal, Praween ^a   Gupta, Kamla ^b   Mishra, Vinod ^c   Agrawal, Sutapa ^d  

^a Population Council   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAIST HIP RATIO; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924746587     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2014.892110     Document Type: Article

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