New height and weight tables for middle-aged and elderly men and women; Weight increases more than height;Nya vikt-längdtabeller för medelålders och äldre vikten ökar mer än längden

Lakartidningen

Volumn , Issue 5, 1997, Pages 332-335

  Björkelund, Cecilia ^a,d   Hultén, Bodil ^a   Lissner, Lauren ^a   Rothenberg, Elisabet ^a   Larsson, Bo ^b   Bengtsson, Calle ^a   Steen, Bertil ^a   Tibblin, Gösta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Vasa Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031589804     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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