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InstitutionalisationMedicineMultivariate analysisGerontologyProportional hazards modelHazard ratioWeight lossCohortCohort studyMultivariate statisticsActivities of daily livingPopulationUnivariate analysisDemographyPhysical therapyInternal medicineConfidence intervalEnvironmental healthObesityPsychiatry
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- 53
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- 6
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- 579-587
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Hélène Payette,
Carole Coulombe,
V Boutier
et al.
(2000).
Nutrition risk factors for institutionalization in a free-living functionally dependent elderly population.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
, 53
(6)
, 579-587.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0895-4356(99)00186-9
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- 10.1016/s0895-4356(99)00186-9