Obesity and coronary heart disease

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 199-202

  Garrison, Robert J ^a   Higgins, Millicent W ^a   Kannel, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; CAUCASIAN; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029741174     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199608000-00005     Document Type: Short Survey

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