Body mass index and mortality: Comment on article by wolfe and michaud

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 834-835

  Nguyen, Uyen Sa D T ^a   Niu, Jingbo ^a   Choi, Hyon K ^a   Zhang, Yuqing ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; LETTER; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 84876699710     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21910     Document Type: Letter

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