The association between weight gain up to midlife, 30-year mortality, and quality of life in older men [1]

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2260-2261

  Strandberg, Timo E ^a   Strandberg, Arto ^b   Salomaa, Veikko V ^b   Pitkälä, Kaisu ^b   Tilvis, Reijo S ^b   Miettinen, Tatu A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 36148945981     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.20.2260     Document Type: Letter

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