Editorial: Assessing obesity: Are ethnic differences in body mass index and waist classification criteria justified?

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-181

  James, W P T ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; WAIST HIP RATIO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 22744451237     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2005.00214.x     Document Type: Editorial

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