Differences in the relationship between body fat and body mass index between two different Indonesian ethnic groups: The effect of body build

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 468-472

  Gurrici, S ^a   Hartriyanti, Y ^a   Hautvast, J G A J ^c   Deurenberg, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Body built; Body fat percent; Body mass index; Chinese; Cut off values; Ethnicity; Indonesians; Malays; Obesity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032998107     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600778     Document Type: Article

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