Body mass index and mortality in Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 305-310

  Wang, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Hoy, Wendy E ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036673121     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00176.x     Document Type: Article

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