Dementia and "Obesity Paradox": Is This for Real or Are We Missing Something? An Epidemiologist's Perspective

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-79

  Moga, Daniela C ^a   Abner, Erin L ^b   Brouwer, Emily S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; OBESITY; SELECTION BIAS; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; FEMALE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BODY MASS INDEX; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84926662149     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.06.009     Document Type: Letter

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