Body mass index at various ages and mortality in Chinese women: impact of potential methodological biases.

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Published in Int J Obes (Lond) on May 06, 2008

Authors

X Zhang1, X-O Shu, W-H Chow, G Yang, H Li, J Gao, Y-T Gao, W Zheng

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203-1738, USA. xianglan.zhang@vanderbilt.edu

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