Childhood obesity, other cardiovascular risk factors, and premature death [3]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1841-

  De Filippo, Gianpaolo ^a   Rendina, Domenico ^a   Strazzullo, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISORDERS OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMERICAN INDIAN; BODY MASS; CHILD; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; NOTE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; GLUCOSE METABOLISM DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952310621     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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