Stopping smoking and body weight in women living in the United Kingdom

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 449, 1999, Pages 989-990

  Owen Smith, Vicci ^b   Hannaford, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Smoking; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033453984     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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