The association of body mass index with health outcomes: Causal, inconsistent, or confounded?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 957-958

  Shahar, Eyal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Body mass index; Causality; Confounding factors (epidemiology)

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH STATUS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; WEIGHT;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MORTALITY; SHORT SURVEY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION;

EID: 70349656785     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp292     Document Type: Short Survey

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