Does body mass index adequately convey a patient's mortality risk?

What it found

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Who cites it

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Corrections and comments

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  Overweight, obesity, and all-cause mortality.2013
• Comment on
  Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and obesity using standard body mass index categories: a systematic review and meta-analysis.2013
• Erratum issued

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