Commentary: BMI and mortality in the elderly - A life course perspective

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 179-180

  Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ELDERLY POPULATION;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 32144458889     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi302     Document Type: Note

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