Waist circumference in primary care

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-261

  Brown, Pam ^a  

^a SA2 0GU   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CHD; Diabetes; Primary care; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 70649095123     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2009.09.006     Document Type: Note

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