Obesity: A time bomb to be defused

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9123, 1998, Pages 160-161

  Bray, G A ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

BODY MASS; CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SHORT SURVEY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032543869     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)22029-0     Document Type: Note

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