Obesity in North America: An overview

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 305-332

  Allison, David B ^b   Saunders, Suzanne E ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREATHING DISORDER; CANCER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GENDER; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0034107310     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7125(05)70223-6     Document Type: Article

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