Body Weight and Mortality: A 27-Year Follow-up of Middle-aged Men

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 270, Issue 23, 1993, Pages 2823-2828

  Lee, Min ^a   Manson, Joann E ^b   Hennekens, Charles H ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER MORTALITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027520177     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03510230061036     Document Type: Article

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