Bulging waistline is a more sensitive predictor of cardiovascular diseases than body mass index in the Chinese population

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 448-

  Cheng, Tsung O ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIA; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; RACE; RISK FACTOR; WAISTLINE;

EID: 9344224574     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2004.tb00017.x     Document Type: Letter

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