Assessment of global coronary heart disease risk in overweight and obese African-American women

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 660-667

  Patt, Madhavi R ^a   Yanek, Lisa R ^a   Moy, Taryn F ^a   Becker, Diane M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; BMI; Coronary heart disease; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244498813     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.94     Document Type: Article

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