Body mass index and the risk of infections in institutionalised geriatric patients
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Thomas E. Dorner*, Franz Schwarz, Alexander Kranz, Wolfgang Freidl, Anita Rieder and Christoph Gisinger Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Medical University Graz, Austria Institute of Social Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University Vienna, Austria Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Institute for Demography, Austria Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University Vienna, Austria ‘Haus der Barmherzigkeit’, Geriatric Long-Term Care Facility, Austria Department of Clinical Medicine and Biotechnology, Danube University Krems, Austria
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