Temporal Obesity Trends in Patients Undergoing Transthoracic Echocardiography 2002-2006

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 688-689

  Rao, Seshu C ^a   Kusnetzky, Lisa L ^a   Lan, Xiao ^a   Main, Michael L ^a  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BODY MASS INDEX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60249086579     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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