Obesity assessment

American Heart Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1095-1101

  Khaodhiar, Lalita ^a   Blackburn, George L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035213647     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.119420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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