Relationship between central obesity and cardiovascular hemodynamic indices in postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 465-467

  Farag, Noha H ^a,b   Matthews, Scott C ^b   Brzezinski, Eva ^b   Nelesen, Richard A ^b   Mills, Paul J ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 1242306500     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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