Body mass index (BMI), body composition and mortality of nursing home elderly residents

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-230

  Kimyagarov, Simcha ^a   Klid, Raisa ^a   Levenkrohn, Shalom ^a   Fleissig, Yudit ^a   Kopel, Bella ^a   Arad, Marina ^a,b   Adunsky, Abraham ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Mortality of elderly; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 77955275939     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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