Body mass index and cardiovascular disease risk factors in seven asian and five latin american centers: Data from the international clinical epidemiology network (INCLEN)

Obesity Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-228

  Nogueira, Armando ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030147414     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1996.tb00540.x     Document Type: Article

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