The Latin American Consortium of Studies in Obesity (LASO)

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 364-370

  Bautista, L E ^a   Casas, J P ^b   Herrera, V M ^a   Miranda, J J ^b   Perel, P ^b   Pichardo, R ^c   Gonzalez A ^c   Sanchez, J R ^d   Ferreccio, C ^e   Aguilera, X ^f   Silva, E ^g   Orostegui M ^h   Gomez L F ⁱ   Chirinos, J A ^j   Medina Lezama, J ^k   Perez C M ^l   Suarez E ^l   Ortiz, A P ^l   Rosero, L ^m   Schapochnik, N ⁿ   Ortiz, Z ^o   Ferrante, D ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Dominicano de Cardiología   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^h UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

ⁱ Fundacion FES Social   (Colombia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTA MARÍA   (Peru)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^m UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

ⁿ Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Tierra Del Fuego   (Argentina)

^o ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

^p Ministerio de Salud y Ambiente   (Argentina)

more..

Author keywords

Consortium; Health surveys; Latin America; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILE; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBESITY; PERU; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LATIN AMERICA; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 65349144827     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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