Abdominal adipose tissue distribution, obesity, and risk of cardiovascular disease and death: 13 year follow up of participants in the study of men born in 1913

British Medical Journal

Volumn 288, Issue 6428, 1984, Pages 1401-1404

  Larsson, B ^a   Svardsudd, K ^a   Welin, L ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 0021152686     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.288.6428.1401     Document Type: Article

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