Involuntary Weight Loss in Older Outpatients: Incidence and Clinical Significance

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 329-337

  Wallace, Jeffrey I ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^a   LaCroix, Andrea Z ^a   Uhlmann, Richard F ^a   Pearlman, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIET THERAPY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0028960608     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1995.tb05803.x     Document Type: Article

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