Raised BMI cut-off for overweight in Greenland Inuit - A review

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Andersen, Stig ^a,b   Fleischer Rex, Karsten ^a,b   Noahsen, Paneeraq ^a   Florian Sørensen, Hans Christian ^c   Mulvad, Gert ^d   Laurberg, Peter ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Queen Ingrids Hospital   (Greenland)

^c Ammassalik Hospital   (Greenland)

^d Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

Author keywords

BMI; Cut off point; Ethnicity; Greenland Inuit; Obesity; Overweight; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BMI; BODY MASS; CUT-OFF POINT; ETHNICITY; GREENLAND; GREENLAND INUIT; HUMAN; INUIT; OBESITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BMI; CUT-OFF POINT; ETHNICITY; GREENLAND INUIT; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REVIEW;

BODY MASS INDEX; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84881307233     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21086     Document Type: Article

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