Changes in weight among U.S. adults aged 70 and over, 1993 to 2002

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 489-493

  He, Xiaoxing Z ^a   Meng, Hongdao ^b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Weight change; Weight gain; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 55049106954     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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