Obesity and transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 600-601

  Jurewicz, W Adam ^a   Baboolal, Keshwar ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0037106356     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200209150-00003     Document Type: Note

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