Obesity

Radiology

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 629-632

  Friedenberg, Richard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics, medical; Obesity; Perspectives

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID DIET; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SITTING; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH BYPASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036893221     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2253020937     Document Type: Review

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