Increases in body mass index over a 7-year period and risk of cause-specific mortality in Korean men

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 520-528

  Yun, Kyung Eun ^a   Park, Hye Soon ^a   Song, Yun Mi ^b   Cho, Sung Il ^c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body mass index increase; Cardiovascular mortality; Cause specific mortality

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; OBESITY; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; WEIGHT GAIN;

KOREA;

EID: 77952716548     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp282     Document Type: Article

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