Assessing obesity: Classification and epidemiology

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 238-252

  Seidell, Jacob C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0030995569     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011611     Document Type: Review

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