Body weight and mortality: A prospective evaluation in a cohort of middle-aged men in Shanghai, China

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 824-832

  Yuan, Jian Min ^a   Ross, Ronald K ^a   Gao, Yu Tang ^b   Yu, Mimi C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; China; Mortality; Overweight; Underweight

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 0031762510     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.5.824     Document Type: Article

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