Descriptive epidemiology of body mass index in Japanese adults in a representative sample from the National Nutrition Survey 1990-1994

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 684-687

  Yoshiike, N ^a,b   Matsumura, Y ^a   Zaman, M M ^a   Yamaguchi, M ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Japan; National nutrition survey; Obesity; Prevalence; Reference curves

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0031863063     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800651     Document Type: Article

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