Serum albumin and physical function as predictors of coronary heart disease mortality and incidence in older persons

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 519-526

  Corti, Maria Chiara ^a   Salive, Marcel E ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Disability; Elderly; Mortality; Risk factors; Serum albumin

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MORALITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029990542     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00562-5     Document Type: Article

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