Comparison of body mass index with body fat percentage in the evaluation of obesity in Chinese

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-179

  Wang, Chen ^a   Hou, Xu Hong ^a   Zhang, Ming Liang ^a   Bao, Yu Qian ^a   Zou, Yu Hua ^b   ZHong, Wen Hong ^c   Xiang, Kun San ^a   Jia, Wei Ping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Caoyang Health Center   (China)

^c Huayang Health Center   (China)

Author keywords

BF ; BMI; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956572232     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(10)60049-9     Document Type: Article

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