Heart disease risk among metabolically healthy obese men and metabolically unhealthy lean men

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1315-1316

  Janssen, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 19744372910     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050121     Document Type: Note

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