Weight change, survival time and cause of death in Dutch elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 97-111

  Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Miles, Toni P ^b   Van Zonneveld, Robert J ^c   Curb, J David ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Causes of death; Longetivity; Longitudinal study; Old age

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGEVITY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT;

EID: 0025135460     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(90)90048-B     Document Type: Article

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