Excess body weight in women

Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 224-227

  Bowers, Deborah ^a  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENFLURAMINE; PHENTERMINE;

CANCER RISK; CARDIOTOXICITY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030727001     PISSN: 1068607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1068-607X(97)00102-9     Document Type: Article

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