Body mass and 26-year risk of mortality among women who never smoked: Findings from the Adventist Mortality Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Lindsted, Kristian D ^a   Singh, Pramil N ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Middle aged; Mortality; Obesity; Seventh day Adventists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0030753084     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009185     Document Type: Article

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