Obesity in peoples of the African diaspora

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 201, 1996, Pages 37-53

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARIBBEAN REGION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030346225     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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