Body-mass index and mortality in a prospective cohort of U.S. adults

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1097-1105

  Calle, Eugenia E ^a   Thun, Michael J ^b   Petrelli, Jennifer M ^b   Rodriguez, Carmen ^b   Heath Jr , Clark W ^b  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033533859     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199910073411501     Document Type: Article

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