Review ArticleClinical Review
Obesity: Effects on Cardiovascular Disease and its Diagnosis
Boban Mathew, Lisa Francis, Attila Kayalar and Jesse Cone
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine November 2008, 21 (6) 562-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.06.080080
Boban Mathew
MD, MRCP, DM
Lisa Francis
MD, MRCP
Attila Kayalar
MD

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Obesity: Effects on Cardiovascular Disease and its Diagnosis
Boban Mathew, Lisa Francis, Attila Kayalar, Jesse Cone
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2008, 21 (6) 562-568; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.06.080080
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