Body mass index and lipid levels in children from Ankara, Turkey versus Bogalusa, Louisiana

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 843-845

  Agirbasli, Mehmet ^a   Ciliv, Gonenc ^b   Cakir, Servet ^b   Srinivasan, Sathanur ^c   Berenson, Gerald S ^c   Ozme, Sencan ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Lipid levels

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LOUISIANA; MALE; TURKEY;

EID: 28844501688     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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