Uses and interpretation of anthropometry in the elderly for the assessment of physical status report to the Nutrition Unit of the World Health Organization: The expert subcommittee on the use and interpretation of anthropometry in the elderly

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-17

  Eveleth, Phyllis B ^a   Andres, Reubin ^b   Chumlea, Wm Cameron ^c   Eiben, Otto ^d   Ge, Keyou ^e   Harris, Tamara ^f   Heymsfield, Steven B ^g   Launer, Lenore J ^h   Rosenberg, Irwin H ⁱ   Solomons, Noel W ^j   Svanborg, Alvar ^k   Van Staveren, Wija ^l   Vellas, Bruno ^m  

^a Institute on Aging   (United States)

^b Gerontology Res Ctr Natl I   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f National Institute on Aging   (United States)

^g St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital ^*  (United States)

^h ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Hospital Ojos y Oidos   (Guatemala)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^l Agricultural University

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; FITNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032227576     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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