The burden of cardiovascular disease associated with high body mass index in the Asia-Pacific region

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lee, C M Y ^a   Colagiuri, S ^a   Ezzati, M ^b   Woodward, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Coronary heart disease; Ischaemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIA PACIFIC; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79955044454     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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