[Underweight in elderly persons. A retrospective analysis of 3821 forensic autopsies in Hamburg]

  • P Kottusch
  • Klaus Püschel
  • Wolfgang Von Renteln-Kruse

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Abstract

AIM AND METHOD: Based on the systematic analyses of a 10-year period at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, the frequency of underweight in elderly persons at their time of death was retrospectively calculated. Body mass index (BMI) values

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Original languageGerman
ISSN0948-6704
Publication statusPublished - 2009
pubmed 19806291