Where do overweight women in Ghana live? Answers from exploratory spatial data analysis

Journal of Public Health in Africa

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-45

  Dake, Fidelia A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Ghanaian women; Overweight; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 85007412348     PISSN: 20389922     EISSN: 20389930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2012.e12     Document Type: Article

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