Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 244-251 , March 2012

Chronic inflammation is associated with overweight in Colombian school children

  • D. Gilbert-Diamond

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • ,
  • A. Baylin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    • ,
  • M. Mora-Plazas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
    • ,
  • E. Villamor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    • Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Tel.: +1 734 615 2198; fax: +1 734 936 7283.

Received 27 October 2009 ,Revised 19 March 2010 ,Accepted 3 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.06.001

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 244-251 , March 2012

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