Hypothesis concerning the U-shaped relation between body mass index, and mortality

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-349

  Allison, David B ^a,b   Faith, Myles S ^a   Heo, Moonseong ^a   Kotler, Donald P ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Mortality; Obesity; Occult disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; SMOKING;

EID: 0030812226     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009275     Document Type: Article

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