Body fat distribution in Alaskan Eskimos of the Bering Straits region: The Alaskan Siberia Project

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-179

  Risica, P M ^a,c,f   Ebbesson, S O E ^a   Schraer, C D ^a,b,d   Nobmann, E D ^e   Caballero, B H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Anthropometry; Body composition; Body fat distribution; Eskimos; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033975602     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801103     Document Type: Article

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