Body weight and risk of nonfatal acute myocardial infarction among women: A case-control study from Northern Italy

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 550-555

  Tavani, Alessandra ^a   Negri, Eva ^a   D'Avanzo, Barbara ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Body mass index; Case control studies; Diabetes; Hyperlipidemia; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031193353     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0172     Document Type: Article

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