Secular trends in BMI and the prevalence of obesity in young Polish males from 1965 to 2010

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 279-282

  Lipowicz, Anna ^a   Lopuszańska, Monika ^a   Kolodziej, Halina ^a   Szklarska, Alicja ^a   Bielicki, Tadeusz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926661512     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku182     Document Type: Review

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