Sufficiently good measures of obesity: The case of a developing country

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 797-817

  Sohn, Kitae ^a  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

BODY MASS INDEX; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84910675451     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932013000692     Document Type: Article

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