Interpretation of body mass index

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1172-1173

  Honkanen, Linda ^a   Lesser, Gerson T ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033861315     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04803.x     Document Type: Letter

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