Body mass index and mortality: A twelve-year prospective study in Korea

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 173-179

  Song, Yun Mi ^a   Sung, Joohon ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cerebrovascular disorders; Coronary disease; Gender; Mortality; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035116659     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200103000-00008     Document Type: Article

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