Should we continue to use BMI as a cardiovascular risk factor?

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9536, 2006, Pages 624-625

  Franzosi, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 33747106180     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69222-2     Document Type: Note

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