Indices of relative weight and obesity

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 655-665

  Keys, Ancel ^a   Fidanza, Flaminio ^b   Karvonen, Martti J ^c   Kimura, Noburu ^d   Taylor, Henry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FISHERMAN; HUMAN; INSURANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STUDENT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84902688357     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu058     Document Type: Article

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