Differences in body fat and central adiposity between Swedes and European immigrants: The Malmö Diet and Cancer Study

Obesity Research

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 620-631

  Lahmann, Petra H ^a,c   Lissner, Lauren ^b   Gullberg, Bo ^a   Berglund, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; Fat distribution; Immigration

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034569325     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2000.80     Document Type: Article

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