Canadian global village reality: Anthropometric surrogate cutoffs and metabolic abnormalities among Canadians of East Asian, South Asian, and European descent

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  He, Meizi ^a,b   Li, E T S ^c   Harris, Stewart ^d,e   Huff, Murray W ^d   Yau, Chun Y ^f   Anderson, G Harvey ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Public Health Research Education and Development Program   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e Canadian Diabetes Association   (Canada)

^f University of Toronto ^*

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77952962155     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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