Estimating deaths attributable to obesity in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1486-1489

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Williamson, David F ^b   Pamuk, Elsie R ^a   Rosenberg, Harry M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BIOSTATISTICS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION; REVIEW; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344713950     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.9.1486     Document Type: Review

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