Application of bioelectrical impedance analysis to elderly populations

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Roubenoff, Ronenn ^a   Baumgartner, Richard N ^b   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Dallal, Gerard E ^a   Hannan, Marian T ^d   Economos, Christina D ^a   Stauber, Patricia M ^b   Wilson, Peter W F ^e   Kiel, Douglas P ^f  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^f RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030923079     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.3.M129     Document Type: Article

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