Sources of differences in estimates of obesity-associated deaths from first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I) hazard ratios

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 519-527

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^b   Williamson, David F ^c   Gail, Mitchell H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PARAMETER; POPULATION RESEARCH;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77749264582     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28222     Document Type: Article

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