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Sarcopenia as a predictor of all-cause mortality among older nursing home residents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Xiaoming Zhang Department of Emergency, The Affiliated Baoan Hospital of Southern Medical University, People’s Hospital of Baoan Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Conghua Wang Department of Emergency, The Affiliated Baoan Hospital of Southern Medical University, People’s Hospital of Baoan Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Qingli Dou Department of Emergency, The Affiliated Baoan Hospital of Southern Medical University, People’s Hospital of Baoan Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Wenwu Zhang Department of Emergency, The Affiliated Baoan Hospital of Southern Medical University, People’s Hospital of Baoan Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yunzhi Yang Department of Nursing, The Affiliated Baoan Hospital of Southern Medical University, People’s Hospital of Baoan Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Xiaohua Xie Department of Nursing, The Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, The Second People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Yunzhi Yang; zjhkbcg{at}163.com
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Zhang X, Wang C, Dou Q, et al
Sarcopenia as a predictor of all-cause mortality among older nursing home residents: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ Open 2018;8:e021252. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021252

Publication history

  • Received December 24, 2017
  • Revised August 15, 2018
  • Accepted August 22, 2018
  • First published November 12, 2018.
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