Waist to hip ratio and psychosocial factors in adults with insulin- dependent diabetes mellitus: The Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 268-272

  Lloyd, C E ^a   Wing, R R ^a   Orchard, T J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029881032     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(96)90065-7     Document Type: Article

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