Study design of the multicultural community health assessment trial (M-CHAT): A comparison of body fat distribution in four distinct populations

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-100

  Lear, Scott A ^a,c   Birmingham, C Laird ^b   Chockalingam, Arun ^b   Humphries, Karin H ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Body fat distribution; Chinese; Ethnicity; South Asian; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; BODY COMPOSITION; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33744976324     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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