The impact of obesity on active life expectancy in older American men and women

Gerontologist

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 438-444

  Reynolds, Sandra L ^a   Saito, Yasuhiko ^b   Crimmins, Eileen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL disability; IMaCh; Multistate life tables; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 23044462988     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/45.4.438     Document Type: Article

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