Obesity and blood pressure of female Malaysian students, utilizing the newly proposed classification of body mass index for Asians

International Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-156

  Khan, Jesmine ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asian BMI chart; Blood pressure; Body mass index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; OBESITY; STUDENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 44649132028     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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