Comparative effects of the restriction method in two large observational studies of body mass index and mortality among adults

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 415-421

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^b   Yi, Sang Wook ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; comparative analysis; epidemiologic methods; mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION METHOD; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH KOREAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; UNDERWEIGHT; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC);

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; OVERWEIGHT; THINNESS;

EID: 85018402019     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eci.12756     Document Type: Article

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