Obesity and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 629-632

  Coughlin, Steven S ^a   Rice, Janet C ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blacks; body mass index; congestive cardiomyopathy; diabetes mellitus; hypertension; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029807483     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199611000-00011     Document Type: Review

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