Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine: Position Statement - Obesity and the older person Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine: Position Statement - Obesity and the older person

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 261-267

  Visvanathan, Renuka ^a   Haywood, Cilla ^a   Piantadosi, Cynthia ^a   Appleton, Sarah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; GERIATRICS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84871432412     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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