Weight variability and mortality: The Iowa Women's Health Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 704-709

  Folsom, A R ^a   French, S A ^a   Zheng, W ^a   Baxter, J E ^a   Jeffery, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Prospective study; Weight variability; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0029764065     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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