"At risk" waistlines

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1283-1285

  Poskitt, Elizabeth M E ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; RESISTIN;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENETIC MARKER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 0036983905     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2002.tb02817.x     Document Type: Note

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