Cardiovascular risk factors, mortality, and overweight

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1260-1261

  McTigue, Kathleen ^a   Kuller, Lewis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40949110541     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.299.11.1260-c     Document Type: Letter

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