Do acute hospitalised patients in Australia have a different body mass index to the general Australian population: A point prevalence study?

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Do acute hospitalised patients in Australia have a different body mass index to the general Australian population: A point prevalence study?

© AHHA 2018 Open Access. Objective The aim of the present study was to provide a current snapshot of the body mass index (BMI) of the entire patient cohort of an Australian tertiary hospital on one day and compare these data with current published Australian and state (Western Australia) population...

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Main Authors:	Dennis, Diane, Carter, V., Trevenen, M., Tyler, J., Perrella, L., Lori, E., Cooper, Ian
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	CSIRO Publishing 2017
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72133

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