The epidemiology of recent involuntary weight loss in the United States population

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 510-517

  Sahyoun, N R ^a   Serdula, M K ^b   Galuska, D A ^b   Zhang, X L ^a   Pamuk, E R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RECENT INVOLUNTARY WEIGHT LOSS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 8344283501     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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