Life Years Lost Associated with Obesity-Related Diseases for U.S. Non-Smoking Adults.
The objectives of this paper are to predict life years lost associated with obesity-related diseases (ORDs) for U.S. non-smoking adults, and to examine the relationship between those ORDs and mortality. Data from the National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2000, were used. We employed mixed proportio...
Main Authors: | Su-Hsin Chang, Lisa M Pollack, Graham A Colditz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3688902?pdf=render |
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