Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 6 , Pages 625-630 , June 2008

Risk groups for overweight and obesity among Turkish and Moroccan migrants in The Netherlands

  • H. Dijkshoorn

      Affiliations

    • Municipal Health Service Amsterdam, Department of Epidemiology, Documentation and Health Promotion, P.O. Box 2200, 1000 CE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31205555585; fax: +31205555160.
    • ,
  • V. Nierkens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • M. Nicolaou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Nutrition and Health, Institute of Health Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 23 May 2006 ,Revised 12 June 2007 ,Accepted 20 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.08.016

Public Health
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