Associations of general and abdominal obesity with multiple health outcomes in older women: The Iowa Women's Health Study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2117-2128

  Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Kushi, Lawrence H ^a   Anderson, Kristin E ^a   Mink, Pamela J ^a   Olson, Janet E ^b   Hong, Ching Ping ^a   Sellers, Thomas A ^b   Lazovich, DeAnn ^a   Prineas, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0034710116     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.14.2117     Document Type: Article

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