Body mass index and all-cause mortality in a nationwide US cohort

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 822-829

  Freedman, D M ^a   Ron, E ^a   Ballard Barbash, R ^a   Doody, M M ^a   Linet, M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age factors; Body mass index; Mortality; Prospective studies; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645536855     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803193     Document Type: Article

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