Global trends in body-mass index - Authors' reply

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9781, 2011, Pages 1917-1918

  Ezzati, Majid ^a   Stevens, Gretchen A ^b   Finucane, Mariel M ^c   Danaei, Goodarz ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LETTER; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79958114147     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60806-4     Document Type: Letter

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