Body mass index and unintentional weight change associated with all-cause mortality in older Australians: The Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing (MELSHA)

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 643-646

  Atlantis, Evan ^a,b   Browning, Colette ^c   Kendig, Hal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77955978200     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq073     Document Type: Letter

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