Obesity and hypertension in an Iranian cohort study; Iranian women experience higher rates of obesity and hypertension than American women

• Autori principali: Nouraei Mehdi (Autore), Kamangar Farin (Autore), Pourshams Akram (Autore), Sadatsafavi Mohsen (Autore), Bahrami Hossein (Autore), Semnani Shahriar (Autore), Brennan Paul (Autore), Boffetta Paolo (Autore), Malekzadeh Reza (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2006-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Once considered as the main public health problem in developed countries, obesity has become a major problem throughout the world and developing countries, like Iran, are joining the global obesity pandemic. We determined the prevale...