Body mass index and all-cause mortality among older adults

Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2232-2239

  Cheng, Feon W ^a   Gao, Xiang ^a   Mitchell, Diane C ^a   Wood, Craig ^b   Still, Christopher D ^b   Rolston, David ^b   Jensen, Gordon L ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; OBESITY; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84988704549     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.21612     Document Type: Article

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