Consequences of the use of different measures of effect to determine the impact of age on the association between obesity and mortality

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-407

  Stevens, June ^a,b   Cai, Jianwen ^b   Juhaeri, ^b   Thun, Michael J ^c   Williamson, David F ^d   Wood, Joy L ^b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body weight; Epidemiologic methods; Obesity; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY;

EID: 0033567229     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010019     Document Type: Article

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