Secular trends in body weight in older men born between 1877 and 1941: The baltimore longitudinal study of aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-110

  Stenholm, Sari ^a,b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body weight; BSLA; Obesity; Old age

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BALTIMORE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 74049143052     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp178     Document Type: Article

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