Increase in prevalence of obesity and diabetes and decrease in plasma cholesterol in a central Australian Aboriginal community

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 480-484

  McDermott, Robyn ^a   Rowley, Kevin G ^b,e   Lee, Amanda J ^c   Knight, Sabina ^d   O'Dea, Kerin ^b  

^a TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d Territory Health Services   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034658478     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb124071.x     Document Type: Article

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