Obesity in Bahraini Adults

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-40

  Al Mannai, Awatif ^a   Khalfan, H ^a   Dickerson, J W T ^b   Morgan, Jane B ^b  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84993790847     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642409611600108     Document Type: Article

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