Body fat distribution and risk of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in women: The nurses' health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 614-619

  Carey, Vincent J ^a,d   Walters, Ellen E ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Solomon, Caren G ^c   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,c   Speizer, Frank E ^a   Manson, Joann E ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

body composition; body constitution; body weight; diabetes mellitus; non insulin dependent; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030989520     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009158     Document Type: Article

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