Body mass and 26 y risk of mortality among men who never smoked: A re-analysis among men from the Adventist Mortality Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 544-548

  Lindsted, K D ^a   Singh, P N ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Overweight; Seventh day Adventist; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0031801845     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800623     Document Type: Article

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