Body weight and mortality among women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 333, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 677-685

  Manson, Joann E ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,c,d   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,c,d   Colditz, Graham A ^a,c   Hunter, David J ^a,c   Hankinson, Susan E ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b,c   Speizer, Frank E ^a  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Division of Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029045805     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199509143331101     Document Type: Article

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