A comparison of body mass index, waist-hip ratio and waist circumference as predictors of all-cause mortality among the elderly: the Rotterdam Study

TLS (Tommy) Visscher; JC Seidell; A Molarius; Salma Azzouz; Bert Hofman; JCM Witteman

doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0801787

A comparison of body mass index, waist-hip ratio and waist circumference as predictors of all-cause mortality among the elderly: the Rotterdam Study

TLS (Tommy) Visscher
, JC Seidell
, A Molarius
, Salma Azzouz
, Bert Hofman
, JCM Witteman

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Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	1730-1735
Number of pages	6
Journal	International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders
Volume	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0801787
Publication status	Published - 2001

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A comparison of body mass index, waist-hip ratio and waist circumference as predictors of all-cause mortality among the elderly: the Rotterdam Study. / Visscher, TLS (Tommy); Seidell, JC; Molarius, A et al.
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic

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