The Use of Armspan in Nutritional Assessment of the Elderly

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 492-496

  Kwok, Timothy ^a   Whitelaw, Michael N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0025825153     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1991.tb02495.x     Document Type: Article

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