Women's reproductive health factors and body adiposity: Findings from the UK Biobank

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 803-808

  Peters, S A E ^a   Huxley, R R ^b,c   Woodward, M ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84954512684     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2015.254     Document Type: Article

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