Introduction: Cardiologist should target obesity

American Heart Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1088-1090

  Donahue, Mark ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^b   Califf, Robert M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNET; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST OF ILLNESS; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035653978     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.119422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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