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Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1057-1058

  Lavie, Carl J ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a   Ventura, Hector O ^a   De Schutter, Alban ^a,c   Romero Corral, Abel ^b,d  

^a JOHN OCHSNER HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 78149311864     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0624     Document Type: Letter

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