Coronary atherosclerosis associated with body structure and obesity in 599 women aged between 15 and 50 years

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 838-844

  Kortelainen, Marja Leena ^a,b   Sarkioja T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Department of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdominal subcutaneous fat; Body structure; Coronary atherosclerosis; Fat; Myocardial hypertrophy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THICKNESS;

EID: 0032772752     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800960     Document Type: Article

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