Waist circumference as an indicator of adiposity and the relevance of body height

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-119

  Burton, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; HUMANS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77953361087     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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