Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio of Hong Kong Chinese children

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sung, Rita Y T ^a   So, Hung Kwan ^a   Choi, Kai Chow ^a   Nelson, Edmund A S ^a   Li, Albert M ^a   Yin, Jane A T ^a   Kwok, Charlotte W L ^a   Ng, Pak Cheung ^a   Fok, Tai Fai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINESE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASIAN; BODY CONSTITUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 53649087676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-324     Document Type: Article

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