Lifetime weight patterns in male physicians: The effects of cohort and selective survival

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 902-908

  Barone, Bethany B ^a   Clark, Jeanne M ^a,b,c   Wang, Nae Yuh ^b   Meoni, Lucy A ^a,b   Klag, Michael J ^a,b   Brancati, Frederick L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body weight changes; Cohort effect; Mortality; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846862459     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.104     Document Type: Article

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