No evidence for a higher resting metabolic rate in noninstitutionalized Alzheimer's disease patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1232-1234

  Donaldson, Kendall E ^a   Carpenter, William H ^c   Toth, Michael J ^a   Goran, Michael I ^b   Newhouse, Paul ^c   Poehlman, Eric T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CALORIMETRY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; METABOLIC RATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029795008     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01375.x     Document Type: Article

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