BMI and all-cause mortality in older adults: A meta-analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 875-890

  Winter, Jane E ^a   MacInnis, Robert J ^b,c   Wattanapenpaiboon, Naiyana ^a   Nowson, Caryl A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; THINNESS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84896988515     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.068122     Document Type: Article

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