An overview of obesity and diabetes in the diverse populations of the Pacific

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4 SUPPL. 5, 2005, Pages

  Okihiro, May ^a,b   Harrigan, Rosanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Ethnicity; Obesity; Pacific Islander

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LINGUISTICS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POLYNESIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CENSUSES; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 29244451846     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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