Years of life lost due to obesity

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-193

  Fontaine, Kevin R ^a   Redden, David T ^b   Wang, Chenxi ^b   Westfall, Andrew O ^b   Allison, David B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037425578     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.2.187     Document Type: Article

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