Survival of the fattest: Unexpected findings about hyperglycaemia and obesity in a population based study of 75-year-olds

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Nilsson, Göran ^a   Hedberg, Pär ^b   Öhrvik, John ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 79955880224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2010-000012     Document Type: Article

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