Body weight and mortality among men and women in China

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 776-783

  Gu, Dongfeng ^a   He, Jiang ^b,c   Duan, Xiufeng ^a   Reynolds, Kristi ^b   Wu, Xigui ^a   Chen, Jing ^b   Huang, Guangyong ^a   Chen, Chung Shiuan ^b   Whelton, Paul K ^b,c  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBANIZATION;

EID: 32644441248     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.7.776     Document Type: Article

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