Body mass index and all-cause mortality in a large prospective cohort of white and black U.S. Adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Patel, Alpa V ^a   Hildebrand, Janet S ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLACK PERSON; BODY WEIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907855351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109153     Document Type: Article

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