Body mass index, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, and glucose intolerance in Chinese and Europid adults in Newcastle, UK

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-166

  Unwin, N ^a   Harland, J ^a   White, M ^a   Bhopal, R ^a   Winocour, P ^a   Stephenson, P ^a   Watson, W ^a   Turner, C ^a   Alberti, K G M M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030905326     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.2.160     Document Type: Article

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