Body weight: Implications for the prevention of coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes mellitus in a cohort study of middle aged men

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7090, 1997, Pages 1311-1317

  Shaper, A Gerald ^a,b   Wannamethee, S Goya ^a,b   Walker, Mary ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

EID: 1642642869     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7090.1311     Document Type: Article

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