Anthropometric measurements of Australian aboriginal adults living in remote areas: Comparison with nationally representative findings

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-324

  Kondalsamy Chennakesavan, Srinivas ^a   Hoy, Wendy E ^a   Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   Briganti, Esther ^b   Polkinghorne, Kevan ^c   Chadban, Steven ^d   Shaw, Jonathan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 43449127830     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20729     Document Type: Article

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