Hospital admissions associated with body mass index in Canadian adults

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 962-967

  Chen, Y ^a   Jiang, Y ^b   Mao, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Excess weight; In patient; Length of stay; Population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THINNESS;

EID: 34249690771     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803530     Document Type: Article

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