Obesity and unhealthy life-years in adult finns: An empirical approach

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1413-1420

  Visscher, Tommy L S ^a,b,c,d   Rissanen, Aila ^e   Seidell, Jacob C ^b,d   Heliövaara, Markku ^a   Knekt, Paul ^a   Reunanen, Antti ^a   Aromaa, Arpo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING;

EID: 3142658041     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.13.1413     Document Type: Article

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