Body fat and fat-free mass and all-cause mortality

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1042-1049

  Bigaard, Janne ^a   Frederiksen, Kirsten ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Thomsen, Birthe Lykke ^a   Overvad, Kim ^b   Heitmann, Berit Lillienthal ^c   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Bioelectrical impedance; Body composition; Epidemiology; Fat mass

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 6344231536     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.131     Document Type: Article

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