Computed tomography for assessment of visceral adiposity

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1677-

  Duek, Gabriel ^a   Basevitz, Alon ^a   Menahem, Yoram ^a   Malnick, Stephen ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine C   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; VISCERAL ADIPOSITY;

COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954403903     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.113     Document Type: Letter

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