Abdominal adiposity and coronary heart disease in women

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1843-1848

  Rexrode, Kathryn M ^a,d   Carey, Vincent J ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b   Walters, Ellen E ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir J ^b,c   Willett, Walter C ^a,b,c   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology at the UAB School of Public Health   (United States)

^c University School of Public Health   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HIP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032477331     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.21.1843     Document Type: Article

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