Waaler revisited: The anthropometrics of mortality

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-117

  Koch, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; BMI; Height; Mortality; Norway; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650678718     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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