Weight loss and mortality among free-living frail elders: A prospective study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Payette, Hélène ^b   Coulombe, Carole ^c   Boutier, Véronique ^c   Gray Donald, Katherine ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032872779     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.9.M440     Document Type: Article

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