Survey of abdominal obesities in an adult urban population of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 300-307

  Kasiam Lasi On'kin, J B ^a   Longo Mbenza, B ^a   Nge Okwe, A ^b   Kangola Kabangu, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b Biostatistics Unit   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 40949100376     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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