Obesity as a disease

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-321

  Jung, Roland T ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030948614     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011615     Document Type: Review

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