Weight change in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 110-112

  White, H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0032227575     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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