Is there a reversal in the effect of obesity on mortality in old age?

Journal of Aging Research

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b   Perach, Rotem ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY LIVING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84863227925     PISSN: 20902204     EISSN: 20902212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/765071     Document Type: Article

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