Daily energy expenditure and cardiovascular risk in Masai, rural and urban Bantu Tanzanians

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-126

  Mbalilaki, J A ^a,b,c,d   Masesa, Z ^c   Stromme S B ^a   Hostmark A T ^a,b   Sundquist, J ^d   Wandell P ^d   Rosengren, A ^e   Hellenius, M L ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Muhimbili University of Health Allied Sciences   (Tanzania)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 76949107364     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.044966     Document Type: Article

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