Independent effects of stable and changing body weight on total mortality

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 671-678

  Mikkelsen, Kim Lyngby ^a,b,c   Heitmann, Berit L ^a,b   Keiding, Niels ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body weight; Cohort study; Gender; Mortality; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032723357     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199911000-00005     Document Type: Article

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