Body mass index and mortality: Results of a cohort of 184,697 adults in Austria

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-91

  Klenk, Jochen ^a   Nagel, Gabriele ^a   Ulmer, Hanno ^b,c   Strasak, Alexander ^c   Concin, Hans ^b   Diem, Günter ^b   Rapp, Kilian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b AGENCY FOR PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 60449108494     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-009-9312-4     Document Type: Article

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