The prevalence of adulthood overweight and obesity in Tehran: Findings from Urban HEART-2 study

Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kiadaliri, Aliasghar Ahmad ^a   Jafari, Mehdi ^b   Mahdavi, Mohammad Reza Vaez ^c   Faghihzadeh, Soghrat ^d   Kalantari, Naser ^e   Asadi Lari, Mohsen ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Tehran

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930722918     PISSN: 10161430     EISSN: 22516840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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