Body-mass index, waist-size, waist-hip ratio and cardiovascular risk factors in urban subejcts

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 55, Issue SEP, 2007, Pages 621-627

  Gupta, R ^a,b   Rastogi, Priyanka ^c   Sarna, M ^a   Gupta, V P ^c   Sharma, S K ^d   Kothari, K ^b  

^a Monilek Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^b NIMS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^d SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34548397645     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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