The prevalence of obesity in ethnic admixture adults

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1138-1143

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42949134321     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.31     Document Type: Article

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