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MedicineOverweightDemographyCancerMortality rateCervixPopulationOvarian cancerObesityDiabetes mellitusGynecologyInternal medicineEndocrinologyEnvironmental health
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AdultAgedBlood PressureBody WeightCerebrovascular DisordersDiabetes MellitusEducational StatusFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortalityNeoplasmsObesityProspective StudiesSex FactorsSmoking
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- 1979
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- 32
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 563-576
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- 1176
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Edward A. Lew,
Lawrence Garfinkel
(1979).
Variations in mortality by weight among 750,000 men and women.
Journal of Chronic Diseases
, 32
(8)
, 563-576.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9681(79)90119-x
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- DOI
- 10.1016/0021-9681(79)90119-x
- PMID
- 468958