Impact of overweight on the risk of developing common chronic diseases during a 10-year period

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1581-1586

  Field, Alison E ^a   Coakley, Eugenie H ^b   Must, Aviva ^c,d   Spadano, Jennifer L ^d   Laird, Nan ^e   Dietz, William H ^g   Rimm, Eric ^a,e   Colditz, Graham A ^a,e,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JSI RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 0034917709     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.13.1581     Document Type: Article

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