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Weight loss in elderly women in low-level care and its association with transfer to high-level care and mortality
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine whether unintentional weight loss in older women predicts an imminent transition out of low-level care (either to higher-level care or by mortality). METHODS: Fifty-three Australian women, ambulatory while living in low-level care and requiring...
Autores principales: | Woods, Julie L, Iuliano-Burns, Sandra, Walker, Karen Z |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3257887/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22267919 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S27334 |
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