Body-mass index and mortality among adults with incident type 2 diabetes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-244

  Tobias, Deirdre K ^a   Pan, An ^a,c   Jackson, Chandra L ^a   O'Reilly, Eilis J ^a,b   Ding, Eric L ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,b   Hu, Frank B ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

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EID: 84892562070     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1304501     Document Type: Article

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