Obesity and Mortality

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 75-81

  Mehta, Neil K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body mass index (BMI); Health behaviors; Life course; Life expectancy; Mortality; Obesity; Smoking; Statistical methods; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006466000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.31054-6     Document Type: Chapter

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