Obesity, race, and risk for death or functional decline among medicare beneficiaries: A cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 645-655

  Wee, Christina C ^a   Huskey, Karen W ^a   Ngo, Long H ^a   Fowler Brown, Angela ^a   Leveille, Suzanne G ^a   Mittlemen, Murray A ^a   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79956363718     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-10-201105170-00003     Document Type: Article

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