Anthropometric measurements from a cross-sectional survey of community dwelling subjects aged over 90 years of age

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 102-106

  Rea, I M ^a   Gillen, S ^a   Clarke, E ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Anthropometry; BMI; Over nutrition; TSF; Under nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031050184     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600370     Document Type: Article

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