Body mass index in monoracial and multiracial adults: Results from the multiethnic cohort study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-273

  Albright, Cheryl L ^a   Steffen, Alana ^a   Wilkens, Lynne R ^a   Henderson, Brian E ^b   Kolonel, Laurence N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Ethnicity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34447511384     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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