Obesity/overweight: Health consequences of

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 589-602

  Bassuk, S S ^a   Manson, J E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Gallbladder disease; Liver disease; Mortality; Obesity; Osteoarthritis; Quality of life; Reproductive health; Respiratory disease; Stroke; Type 2 diabetes; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884423001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00425-1     Document Type: Chapter

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