Prospective study of intentional weight loss and mortality in never-smoking overweight US white women aged 40-64 years

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1128-1141

  Williamson, David F ^a   Pamuk, Elsie ^b   Thun, Michael ^c   Flanders, Dana ^d   Byers, Tim ^a   Heath, Clark ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes mellitus; Mortality; Neoplasms; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0029067621     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117386     Document Type: Article

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