Anthropometric indices in relation to overweight and obesity among Turkish medical students

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-213

  Karakaş, Pinar ^a   Bozkir, Memduha Gülhal ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass index; Circumference measurements; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METABOLIC DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; THIGH; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 84861476620     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2012.28546     Document Type: Article

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