Predictors of body mass index among low-income community-dwelling older adults

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1190-1204

  Ahn, Sangnam ^a   Huber Jr , Charles ^b   Smith, Matthew Lee ^c   Ory, Marcia G ^b   Phillips, Charles D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; CPS; Medicaid personal care services; Obesity; Pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255134971     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0134     Document Type: Article

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