Association of obesity and chronic diseases in Taiwan

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 8-14

  Lin, Chyongchiou J ^a,c   Liu, J T ^b   Chang, C H ^a   Nowalk, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GOUT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; TAIWAN; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 33750962512     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10105395060180030301     Document Type: Article

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