Commentary: Optimal body mass index cut points

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1045-1047

  Chen, Xiaoli ^a   Wang, Youfa ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERWEIGHT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUES; THINNESS;

EID: 77956274435     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq081     Document Type: Note

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