Use of albumin as a predictor of mortality in community-dwelling and institutionalized elderly populations

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 981-988

  Sahyoun, Nadine R ^a,b   Jacques, Paul F ^a   Dallal, Gerard ^a   Russell, Robert M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Community dwelling; Elderly; Institutionalized; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STROKE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030248157     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00135-7     Document Type: Article

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