The influence of smoking cessation on the prevalence of overweight in the united states

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 333, Issue 18, 1995, Pages 1165-1170

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Troiano, Richard P ^a   Pamuk, Elsie R ^a   Kuczmarski, Robert J ^a   Campbell, Stephen M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0028851975     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199511023331801     Document Type: Article

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