Body fat and skeletal muscle mass in relation to physical disability in very old men and women of the Framingham heart study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Visser, M ^a   Harris, T B ^a   Langlois, J ^a   Hannan, M T ^b   Roubenoff, R ^c   Felson, D T ^d   Wilson, P W F ^e   Kiel, D P ^b  

^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

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0031750253     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53A.3.M214     Document Type: Article

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