Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages e231-e237 , July 2010

Effect of modest changes in BMI on cardiovascular disease risk markers in severely obese, minority adolescents

  • Unab I. Khan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 718 920 5098; fax: +1 718 920 5289.
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  • Jessica Rieder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, United States
    • ,
  • Hillel W. Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
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  • Susan M. Coupey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, United States
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  • Rachel P. Wildman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States

Received 5 May 2009 ,Revised 2 March 2010 ,Accepted 4 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2010.03.001

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages e231-e237 , July 2010

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