Race/Ethnicity differences in the relationship between obesity and gait speed among older Americans

scientific article published on October 2009

Race/Ethnicity differences in the relationship between obesity and gait speed among older Americans is …
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P356DOI10.1080/01639360903393515
P698PubMed publication ID21184379

P2093author name stringDenise K Houston
Beibei Xu
Claire A Zizza
Sareen S Gropper
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P433issue4
P921main subjectobesityQ12174
P304page(s)372-385
P577publication date2009-10-01
P1433published inJournal of Nutrition in Gerontology and GeriatricsQ15817547
P1476titleRace/Ethnicity differences in the relationship between obesity and gait speed among older Americans
P478volume28

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