Epidemiology of sarcopenia among the elderly in New Mexico

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 755-763

  Baumgartner, Richard N ^a   Koehler, Kathleen M ^a   Gallagher, Dympna ^b   Romero, Linda ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^b   Ross, Robert R ^a   Garry, Philip J ^c   Lindeman, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Aging; Body composition; Body mass index; Frail elderly; Muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032522560     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009520     Document Type: Article

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