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

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
Subjects:
Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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built-environment
Epidemie
Index
statistische-metropolitanbereiche
epidemic
Body-Mass-Index
Obesity, Body-Mass-Index
MSA-ranking
Medizin
risiko-index
adipositas
Risk-index
Medical sciences Medicine
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Call Number: urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-z2010-02590
Publication Date: 2010-05-04
Date of Acceptance: 2010-04-21
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Access URL: https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/diss/z2010/0259
https://doi.org/10.17192/z2010.0259

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