Body composition methods in the elderly: A critical analysis;Métodos de estimación de la composición corporal de ancianos: Análisis crítico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1232-1239

  Barrera A, M Gladys ^a,b   Salazar R, Gabriela ^a   Albala B, Cecilia ^a   Vio Del R, Fernando ^a   Yáñez G, Mabel ^a   Aicardi S, Valeria ^a   Hirsch B, Sandra ^a   De La Maza C, M Pía ^a   Bunout B, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aging; Body composition; Body water; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0030252514     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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