Commentary: Why are South Asians susceptible to central obesity? - The El Niño hypothesis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 226-227

  Wells, Jonathan C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; HEAT; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 34447306046     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl287     Document Type: Note

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