Underweight and overweight in relation to mortality among men aged 40-59 and 50-69 years: The seven countries study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 660-666

  Visscher, T L S ^a,b   Seidell, J C ^a   Menotti, A ^a,c   Blackburn, H ^c   Nissinen, A ^d   Feskens, E J M ^a   Kromhout, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Aging; Body mass index; Cohort effect; Follow up studies; Mortality; Obesity; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034174296     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010260     Document Type: Article

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