Obesity and mortality in African-Americans

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 346-353

  Stevens, J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANCER PREVENTION; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OBESITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY;

EID: 0034353285     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2000.tb01832.x     Document Type: Review

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