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. 2007 Mar;16(2):168-76.

doi: 10.1089/jwh.2006.0080.

Estimating the number of deaths due to obesity: can the divergent findings be reconciled?

JoAnn E Manson¹, Shari S Bassuk, Frank B Hu, Meir J Stampfer, Graham A Colditz, Walter C Willett

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¹ Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. jmanson@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

PMID: 17388733
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.0080

Review

Estimating the number of deaths due to obesity: can the divergent findings be reconciled?

JoAnn E Manson et al. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Mar.

. 2007 Mar;16(2):168-76.

doi: 10.1089/jwh.2006.0080.

Authors

JoAnn E Manson¹, Shari S Bassuk, Frank B Hu, Meir J Stampfer, Graham A Colditz, Walter C Willett

Affiliation

¹ Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. jmanson@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

PMID: 17388733
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.0080

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