Increasing obesity among male workers in Japan: 1992-1997

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 256-259

  Isshiki, Yuriko ^a   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^a   Nakajima, Madoka ^a,b   Maruyama, Soichiro ^a,c   Takeshita, Tatsuya ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Kobe Shinwa Women's University   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMI; Japanese; Male workers; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; WORKER;

EID: 0036185243     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.2001.256     Document Type: Article

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