Relationship between obesity, overweight and plasma lipids in Saudis

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 521-525

  El Hazmi, Mohsen A ^a   Warsy, Arjumand S ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hyperlipidemias; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012475108     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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