Obesity during infanthood and adolescence: A pandemics that claims our attention;Obesidad durante la infancia y adolescencia. Una pandemia que demanda nuestra atención

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 126, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 693-694

  Carrascosa, Antonio ^a,b,c  

^a Section of Neuroradiology   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; EATING HABIT; EDITORIAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLICATION; RURAL AREA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33745758633     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13088782     Document Type: Editorial

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