Pediatric Editorial: Placing the cardiovascular risk of childhood obesity in perspective

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-5

  Ayer, J ^a   Steinbeck, K ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CHILD; FORECASTING; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FORECASTING; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 74249098838     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.183     Document Type: Editorial

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