Weight change, body weight and mortality: the impact of smoking and ill health
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Weight change, body weight and mortality: the impact of smoking and ill health.
OBJECTIVES This paper examines the influence of cigarette smoking and ill health on the relationship between weight change, body weight and subsequent mortality to determine whether weight loss and leanness in middle to older age is deleterious to health. METHODS Men aged 40-59 years at screening drawn from one general practice in each of 24 British towns, who completed a questionnaire 5 year...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1464-3685,0300-5771
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.4.777