The influence of cigarette smoking on the association between body weight and mortality. The Framington Heart Study revisited

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 289-300

  Sempos, Christopher T ^a,b   Durazo Arvizu, Ramón ^a   McGee, Daniel L ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a   Prewitt, T Elaine ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Natl Heart Lung/Blood Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Death; Framingham Heart Study; Metropolitan Relative Weight; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032125935     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00233-0     Document Type: Article

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