Visceral fat and cardiovascular risk factors in Chinese NIDDM patients

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1854-1858

  Anderson, Patricia J ^a   Chan, Juliana C N ^a   Chan, Y L ^a   Tomlinson, Brian ^a   Young, Robert P ^a   Lee, Zoe S K ^a   Lee, Kenneth K C ^a   Metreweli, Constantine ^a   Cockram, Clive S ^a   Critchley, Julian A J H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030731083     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.12.1854     Document Type: Article

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