Ethnic differences in body fat distribution among Asian pre-pubertal children: A cross-sectional multicenter study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Liu, Ailing ^a,b   Byrne, Nuala M ^b   Kagawa, Masaharu ^c   Ma, Guansheng ^a   Kijboonchoo, Kallaya ^d   Nasreddine, Lara ^e   Koon Poh, Bee ^f   Ismail, Mohammad Noor ^f   Hills, Andrew P ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

body fat distribution; children; ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIA; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79959452601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-500     Document Type: Article

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