Heart disease and diabetes risk factors in Pacific Islands communities and associations with measures of body fat

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1131, 2001, Pages 208-213

  Bell, A Colin ^c   Swinburn, B A ^a   Simmons, D ^c   Wang, W ^b   Amosa, H ^a   Gatland, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035844231     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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