Weight and mortality [6]

Hypertension

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^b   Williamson, David F ^c   Gail, Mitchell H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; NOTE; OBESITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 31944440525     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000199094.52293.cb     Document Type: Letter

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