BMI and mortality: Results from a national longitudinal study of canadian adults

Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 214-218

  Orpana, Heather M ^a   Berthelot, Jean Marie ^b,c   Kaplan, Mark S ^d   Feeny, David H ^e,f   McFarland, Bentson ^g   Ross, Nancy A ^c  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; THINNESS;

EID: 73949159543     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.191     Document Type: Article

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