Using multivariate techniques in the construction of a BMI risk index for Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States.

Background: The concerns about the long-term impact of the morbidities associated with overweight and obesity are becoming a central issue of public health organizations. Public health studies that have focused on the prevalence of overweight and obesity have analyzed individual factors akin to soc...

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Main Author: Kankam, Hans Kwame
Contributors: Becker, Annette (Prof., Dr. med., MPH) (Thesis advisor)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2009
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