Does obesity associate with mortality among hispanic persons? Results from the national health interview survey

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1474-1477

  Mehta, Tapan ^a   McCubrey, Raymond ^a   Pajewski, Nicholas M ^a,d   Keith, Scott W ^b   Allison, David B ^a   Crespo, Carlos J ^c   Fontaine, Kevin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84881557359     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20105     Document Type: Review

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