Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 8 , Pages 603-613 , August 2007

Risk factors for overweight and obesity: results from the 2001 National Health Survey

  • A. Brown

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Current address: ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Locked Bag 10, Parkville, Vic 3052, Australia. Tel.: +6193422981; fax: +6193422941.
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  • M. Siahpush

Received 23 February 2006 ,Revised 24 December 2006 ,Accepted 29 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.01.008

Public Health
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