Body mass index and mortality: A 10-year prospective study in China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Jian Bing ^a   Gu, Meng Jia ^a   Shen, Peng ^b   Huang, Qiu Chi ^a   Bao, Chen Zheng ^a   Ye, Zhen Hua ^a   Wang, You Qing ^c   Mayila, Mamat ^a   Ye, Ding ^a   Gu, Shi Tong ^d   Lin, Hong Bo ^b   Chen, Kun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b District Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Yinzhou District   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84983356656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep31609     Document Type: Article

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