Relation between body mass index and body fat in black population samples from Nigeria, Jamaica, and the United States

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 620-628

  Luke, Amy ^a   Durazo Arvizu, Ramón ^a   Rotimi, Charles ^a   Elaine Prewitt, T ^a   Forrester, Terrence ^b   Wilks, Rainford ^b   Ogunbiyi, Olufemi J ^c   Schoeller, Dale A ^d   McGee, Daniel ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

blacks; body composition; body mass index; obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NIGERIA; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031004262     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009159     Document Type: Article

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