Body mass index and mortality in a general population sample of men and women: The Buffalo health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 919-931

  Dorn, Joan M ^a   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Winkelstein Jr , Warren ^b   Trevisan, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030819249     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009218     Document Type: Review

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