Is weight loss hazardous?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 4 II, 1996, Pages

  Lee, I Min ^a   Paffenbarger Jr , Ralph S ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSURANCE; LONGEVITY; OBESITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030016610     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03906.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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