Body weight and mortality

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-228

  Min Lee, L ^a   Manson, JoAnn E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032065516     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199805000-00002     Document Type: Article

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