Relation between body mass index and mortality in an unusually slim cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-133

  Thorogood, M ^a   Appleby, P N ^b   Key, T J ^b   Mann, J ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037311747     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.2.130     Document Type: Article

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