Psychiatric ill health and distribution of body fat mass among female immigrants in Sweden

Public Health

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-51

  Rosmond, R ^a   Nilsson, A ^a   Bjorntorp P ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Immigrants; Psychiatry; Sweden; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSOMNIA; LIFE SATISFACTION; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING HABIT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034118826     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900612     Document Type: Article

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