President's page: The epidemic of type 2 diabetes and obesity in the U.S.: Cause for alarm

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2348-2350

  Beller, George A ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033662137     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)01105-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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