Awakening of the sleeping giant: Obesity and stroke in China

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Kurth, Tobias ^a   Leitzmann, Michael F ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHINA; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; STROKE;

EID: 77649313246     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21973     Document Type: Editorial

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