Annual deaths attributable to obesity in the United States

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 282, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1530-1538

  Allison, David B ^a,e   Fontaine, Kevin R ^b   Manson, JoAnn E ^c   Stevens, June ^d   VanItallie, Theodore B ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032695482     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.16.1530     Document Type: Article

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