Weight, height and body mass index distributions in geographically and ethnically diverse samples of older persons

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 300-306

  Launer, Lenore J ^a   Harris, Tamara ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Elderly people; Epidemiology; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0030016421     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.4.300     Document Type: Article

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