Nutritional status in adults in the pluri-ethnic population of New Caledonia

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-66

  Tassie J M ^a   Papoz, L ^a   Barny, S ^a   Simon, D ^b  

^a Hopital Saint Charles   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Environment; Ethnicity; Prevalence; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW CALEDONIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCREENING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031028607     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800364     Document Type: Article

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