An evidence-based assessment of federal guidelines for overweight and obesity as they apply to elderly persons

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1194-1203

  Heiat, Asefeh ^a,b   Vaccarino, Viola ^b,e   Krumholz, Harlan M ^b,c,d  

^a GRIFFIN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0034928623     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.9.1194     Document Type: Article

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