The association between atrophic glossitis and protein-calorie malnutrition in old age

Age and Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-50

  Bøhmer, Thomas ^a   Mowé, Morten ^a  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Atrophic glossitis; Body mass index; Katz index; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; ZINC;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOSSITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033955601     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/29.1.47     Document Type: Article

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