Health hazards of obesity

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 907-919

  Bray, G A ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY FAT; CANCER; CHOLELITHIASIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030480327     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8529(05)70361-3     Document Type: Article

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