Accuracy of body mass index-defined overweight in fire fighters
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Prevalence of overweight defined by body mass index in a rural adult population of Bangladesh.
Correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed to: Dr. M. Mostafa Zaman National Centre for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207 Bangladesh (Present address: National Professional Officer World Health Organization House 12, Road 7, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh) Email: [email protected] Fax: +880-2-8613247 Prevalence of Overweight Defined by Body Mass ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0962-7480,1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqs213