Muscle strength and body mass index as long-term predictors of mortality in initially healthy men

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Rantanen, Taina ^a,c   Harris, Tamara ^a   Leveille, Suzanne G ^a   Visser, Marjolein ^a,b   Foley, Dan ^a   Masaki, Kamal ^d   Guralnik, Jack M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034096374     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.3.M168     Document Type: Article

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