Assessment of excess mortality in obesity

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-48

  Bender, Ralf ^a   Trautner, Christoph ^b   Spraul, Maximilian ^a   Berger, Michael ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mortality; Obesity; Obesity in diabetes; Obesity, morbid; Proportional hazards models; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031962648     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009365     Document Type: Article

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