Prospective study of intentionality of weight loss and mortality in older women: The Iowa Women's Health Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 504-514

  French, Simone A ^a,c   Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Jeffery, Robert W ^a   Williamson, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033559674     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009844     Document Type: Article

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