Body mass index, smoking, and mortality among older American women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1257-1261

  Fontaine, Kevin R ^a   Heo, Moonseong ^b   Cheskin, Lawrence J ^a   Allison, David B ^b,c  

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

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 37849186203     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1998.7.1257     Document Type: Article

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