Body mass index categories in observational studies of weight and risk of death

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 288-296

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Kit, Brian K ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; body weight; epidemiologic methods; mortality; obesity; overweight

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK; SMOKING; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905662486     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu111     Document Type: Article

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