Changes over Fourteen Years in Adult Obesity in Estonia: Socioeconomic Status and Use of Outpatient Health Services
Authors:
- Mare TekkelMTMare Tekkel
- Tatjana VeidemanTVTatjana Veideman
- Mati RahuMRMati Rahu
Open Access
- 1 December 2010
- journal article
- Published by National Institute of Public Health, Prague in Central European Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 18 (4) , 186-191
Abstract
It has been noted that great socioeconomic and lifestyle changes have triggered an epidemic of obesity among Eastern Europeans. The objective of this study was to assess the change of adult obesity in Estonia by socioeconomic status and the us...Keywords
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