Body mass and 26-year risk of mortality from specific diseases among women who never smoked

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 246-254

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

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Body weight; Cohort study; COPD; Hypertension; Stroke; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 0031923286     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199805000-00007     Document Type: Article

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