Gender Obesity Inequities Are Huge but Differ Greatly According to Environment and Socio-Economics in a North African Setting: A National Cross-Sectional Study in Tunisia
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Title
Gender Obesity Inequities Are Huge but Differ Greatly According to Environment and Socio-Economics in a North African Setting: A National Cross-Sectional Study in Tunisia
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Keywords
Obesity, Sexual and gender issues, Body mass index, Anthropometry, Professions, Tunisia, Adults, Urban areas
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 7, Issue 10, Pages e48153
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2012-11-01
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0048153
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