Does body mass index adequately convey a patient's mortality risk?

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-88

  Heymsfield, Steven B ^a   Cefalu, William T ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EDITORIAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC RISK; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84871780946     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.185445     Document Type: Editorial

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