Declining cardiovascular mortality and increasing obesity: A paradox

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 181, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 127-128

  Rosengren, Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

BODY MASS; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68549102019     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090911     Document Type: Note

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