Obesity and thrombotic risk
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Invited Commentary Obesity and thrombotic risk
The link between obesity and thrombotic risk represents an important issue since the prevalence of obesity in adults has increased rapidly in the last decades, especially in Western countries although this is an emerging health issue elsewhere too. Estimates from the WHO indicate that globally there are more than 300 million obese adults. From a physiological point of view, adipose tissue is th...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0007-1145,1475-2662
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114510002849