Body-mass index and all-cause mortality in older people: The italian longitudinal study on aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1035-

  Di Carlo, Antonio ^a   Baldereschi, Marzia ^a   Maggi, Stefania ^a   Scarlato, Gugliekno ^a   Inzitari, Domenico ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032797683     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01305.x     Document Type: Letter

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