An autopsy study of coronary atherosclerosis and its relation to anthropometric measurements/indices of overweight and obesity in men

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-17

  Rastogi, Prateek ^a   Pinto, Denver S ^b   Pai, Mukta R ^c   Kanchan, Tanuj ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Body mass index; Coronary artery diseases; Hip circumference; Waist circumference; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955237340     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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