Body mass index and old-age survival: A comparative study between the union army records nd the NHANES-I Epidemiological Follow-up Sample

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-354

  Su, Dejun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MORTALITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20144368298     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20124     Document Type: Article

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