The role of abdominal obesity and weight gain since adolescence in early atherosclerosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-264

  Celik, Turgay ^a   Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Yuksel, U Cagdas ^b   Isik, Ersoy ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Sarikamis Army District Hospital Turkey   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Atherosclerosis; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 59249106094     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.05.094     Document Type: Article

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