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Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies

BACKGROUND: The main associations of body-mass index (BMI) with overall and cause-specific mortality can best be assessed by long-term prospective follow-up of large numbers of people. The Prospective Studies Collaboration aimed to investigate these associations by sharing data from many studies. ME...

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Autor principal: Prospective Studies Collaboration
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Publishing Group 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19299006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60318-4