Association of insulin-like growth factor-I with body composition, weight history, and past health behaviors in the very old: The Framingham Heart Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-139

  Harris, Tamara B ^a   Kiel, Douglas ^b   Roubenoff, Ronenn ^c   Langlois, Jean ^a   Hannan, Marian ^d   Havlik, Richard ^a   Wilson, Peter ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031021864     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb04497.x     Document Type: Article

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