Weight, Weight Change, and Coronary Heart Disease in Women: Risk Within the 'Normal' Weight Range

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 273, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 461-465

  Willett, Walter C ^a   Manson, Joann E ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a   Rosner, Bernard ^a   Speizer, Frank E ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028836292     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03520300035033     Document Type: Article

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