High body mass index overtakes tobacco as the leading independent risk factor contributing to disease burden in Western Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-215

  Hoad, Veronica ^a   Somerford, Peter ^b   Katzenellenbogen, Judith ^c  

^a North Metropolitan Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77952229580     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00509.x     Document Type: Letter

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