Waist-to-height ratio as a coronary risk predictor among adults;Razão cintura-estatura como discriminador do risco coronariano de adultos

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-161

  Gondim Pitanga, Francisco José ^a,b   Lessa, Ines ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Coronary risk; Waist to Height ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746289663     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-42302006000300016     Document Type: Article

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