Ethnicity and the BMIbody fat relationship

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-487

  Luke, Amy ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ASIA; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70149121873     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508207233     Document Type: Note

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