Country of birth, acculturation status and abdominal obesity in a national sample of Mexican-American women and men

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 470-477

  Sundquist, Jan ^a,b   Winkleby, Marilyn ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Acculturation; Mexican American; Migration; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LIPID;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ENERGY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEXICO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033948205     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.3.470     Document Type: Article

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