Fat is bad: Even in thin people?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-37

  De Simone, Giovanni ^a,c   Grassi, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBID OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 1442274631     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200401000-00008     Document Type: Editorial

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