The weight of nations: An estimation of adult human biomass

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Walpole, Sarah Catherine ^a   Prieto Merino, David ^b   Edwards, Phil ^b   Cleland, John ^b   Stevens, Gretchen ^c   Roberts, Ian ^b  

^a Foundation Year 2 Doctor   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOMASS; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED NATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84862261285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-439     Document Type: Article

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