A prospective study of adiposity and all-cause mortality: The Malmö diet and cancer study

Obesity Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 361-369

  Lahmann, Petra H ^a,c   Lissner, Lauren ^b   Gullberg, Bo ^a   Berglund, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Body composition; Body mass index; European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; Fat distribution

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036581219     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.50     Document Type: Article

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