Relationship of diet, abdominal obesity, and physical activity to plasma lipoprotein levels in Asian Indian physicians residing in the United States

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-261

  Yagalla, Madhuri V ^a   Hoerr, Sharon L ^a   Song, Won O ^a   Enas, Enas ^b   Garg, Abhimanyu ^c  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Amer Assoc of Phys from India   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BODY MASS; CORONARY RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INDIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030003496     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(96)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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