Body mass index and mortality from all causes and major causes in Japanese: Results of a Pooled analysis of 7 large-scale cohort studies

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 417-430

  Sasazuki, Shizuka ^a   Inoue, Manami ^a,a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^b,i   Sugawara, Yumi ^b   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^c,n   Matsuo, Keitaro ^d   Wakai, Kenji ^e,k   Nagata, Chisato ^f,l   Tanaka, Keitaro ^g,m   Mizoue, Tetsuya ^h   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Otani, Tetsuya ^a   Sawada, Norie ^a   Shimazu, Taichi ^a   Yamaji, Taichi ^a   Tsubono, Yoshitaka ⁱ   Nishino, Yoshikazu ^j  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j MIYAGI CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^k NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Body mass index; Cancer; Cerebrovascular disease; Heart disease; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862908571     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20100180     Document Type: Article

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