A new twist in the j-shape curve?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1477-1478

  Somes, Grant W ^a   Shorr, Ronald I ^a   Pahor, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; EDITORIAL; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032709779     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01573.x     Document Type: Editorial

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