Relation of total and beverage-specific alcohol intake to body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio: A study of self-defense officials in Japan

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 893-898

  Sakurai, Yutaka ^a   Umeda, Takashi ^a   Shinchi, Koichi ^b   Honjo, Satoshi ^a   Wakabayashi, Kazuo ^a   Todoroki, Isao ^a   Nishikawa, Hiroshi ^c   Ogawa, Shinsaku ^d   Katsurada, Mitsuhiko ^d  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Self Defense Forces Fukuoka Hospital   (Japan)

^c Self Def Forces Kumamoto Hospital   (Japan)

^d Self Defense Forces Sapporo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol intake; Beverage; Body mass index; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; SELF REPORT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BEVERAGES; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 0031442924     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007416322031     Document Type: Article

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