Obesity and mortality rates

Handbook of Obesity: Etiology and Pathophysiology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 767-785

  Fontaine, Kevin R ^a   Allison, David B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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