Aging, Obesity, and Mortality: Misplaced Concern about Obese Older People?

Research on Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 108-129

  Thorpe Jr , Roland J ^a   Ferraro, Kenneth F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Longitudinal study; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0344666590     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027503258738     Document Type: Article

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