Effects of ethnicity and socioeconomic status on body composition in an admixed, multiethnic population in Hawaii

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-388

  Brown, Daniel E ^a   Hampson, Sarah E ^b,c   Dubanoski, Joan P ^d   Murai, Amy Stone ^d   Hillier, Teresa A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d Center for Health Research   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABORIGINE; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS;

ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAWAII; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 67449152442     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20889     Document Type: Article

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