Longitudinal changes in anthropometric characteristics of elderly Europeans

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages

  De Groot, C P G M ^a   Enzi, G ^b   Perdigao, A L ^c   Deurenberg, P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Elderly; Europe; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTUGAL; SENESCENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

VILA;

EID: 0029788278     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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