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Editorial

. 2014 Apr;99(4):759-60.

doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.084780. Epub 2014 Feb 26.

BMI, age, and mortality: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact

John D Sorkin¹

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¹ Department of Veterans Affairs, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, and the Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

PMID: 24572566
PMCID: PMC3953878
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.084780

Editorial

BMI, age, and mortality: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact

John D Sorkin. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Apr.

. 2014 Apr;99(4):759-60.

doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.084780. Epub 2014 Feb 26.

Author

John D Sorkin¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Veterans Affairs, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, and the Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

PMID: 24572566
PMCID: PMC3953878
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.084780

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