Measures of adiposity and coronary heart disease mortality in the Chicago Western Electric Company Study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 849-857

  Spataro, J Anthony ^a   Dyer, Alan R ^a   Stamler, Jeremiah ^a   Shekelle, Richard B ^b   Greenlund, Kurt ^a   Garside, Dan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body mass index; Coronary heart disease; Mortality; Percent body fat; Skinfolds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030220064     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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