Commentary: Use of the body mass index to assess the risk of health outcomes: Time to say goodbye?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 528-529

  Pischon, Tobias ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77952739573     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp388     Document Type: Note

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