Body mass index and body fat distribution in newly-arrived Vietnamese refugees in Sydney, Australia

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 698-700

  Bermingham, M ^a   Brock, K ^a   Nguyen, D ^a   Tran Dinh, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFUGEE; SMOKING; VIET NAM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; VIETNAM;

EID: 0029830249     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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