Obesity in the Caribbean

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 201, 1996, Pages 17-36

  Forrester, Terrence ^a   Wilks, Rainford ^a   Bennett, Franklyn ^a   McFarlane Anderson, Norma ^a   McGee, Daniel ^b   Cooper, Richard ^b   Fraser, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

BODY COMPOSITION; CARIBBEAN REGION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030333880     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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