Effect of age on excess mortality in obesity

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1498-1504

  Bender, Ralf ^a   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^b   Trautner, Christoph ^c   Spraul, Maximilian ^a   Berger, Michael ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344436082     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.16.1498     Document Type: Article

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