Weight change in later life and risk of death amongst the elderly: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Elderly Network on Ageing and Health study

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-144

  Bamia, C ^a   Halkjaer J ^b   Lagiou, P ^a,c   Trichopoulos, D ^c,d,e   Tjonneland A ^b   Berentzen, T L ^f   Overvad, K ^g,h   Clavel Chapelon, F ⁱ   Boutron Ruault, M C ⁱ   Rohrmann, S ^j   Linseisen, J ^j,k   Steffen, A ^l   Boeing, H ^l   May, A M ^m   Peeters, P H ^m,n   Bas Bueno De Mesquita, H ^o   Van Den Berg, S W ^o   Dorronsoro, M ^p   Barricarte, A ^q,r   Rodriguez Suarez, L ^s   Navarro, C ^r,t   Gonzalez C A ^u   Boffetta, P ^v   Pala, V ^w   Hallmans, G ^x   Trichopoulou, A ^a,e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^e HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^f The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ INSERM   (France)

^j GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^k Helmholtz Center   (Germany)

^l GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

ⁿ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^p Public Health Department of Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

^q Public Health Institute of Navarra   (Spain)

^r CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^s Health and Health Care Services Council   (Spain)

^t DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

^u CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^v INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^w NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^x Nutritional Research   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

body mass index; mortality; obesity; weight gain; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77954346682     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2010.02219.x     Document Type: Article

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