Australian longitudinal study of ageing: Prospective evaluation of anthropometric indices in terms of four year mortality in community-living older adults

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 20-23

  Crotty, M ^a   Miller, M ^a   Giles, L ^a   Daniels, L ^a   Bannerman, E ^a   Whitehead, C ^a   Cobiac, L ^a   Andrews, G ^a  

^a REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Australian; Elderly; Mortality; Nutrition; Nutrition screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; ONCOVIRINAE; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0036434994     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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