Adult obesity at the beginning of the 21st century: Epidemiology, pathophysiology and health risk

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 224-230

  Ginter, Emil ^a,c   Simko, V ^b  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

BMI; Diabetes; Heart disease; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ADULT; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 57049116064     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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