Anthropometry measures and prevalence of obesity in the urban adult population of Cameroon: An update from the Cameroon Burden of Diabetes Baseline Survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kamadjeu, Raoul M ^a   Edwards, Richard ^b   Atanga, Joseph S ^a   Kiawi, Emmanuel C ^a   Unwin, Nigel ^c   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMSB)   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAMEROON; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CAMEROON; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33749248350     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-228     Document Type: Article

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