Obesity & abdominal obesity in Asian Indians

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 593-596

  Mohan, V ^a   Deepa, R ^a  

^a MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 33746106203     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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