Changes in body mass index and prevalence of obesity among adult Kuwaiti women attending health clinics

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-311

  Naser Al Isa, Abdulwahab ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9844225608     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.307     Document Type: Article

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