Smaller organ tissue mass in the elderly fails to explain lower resting metabolic rate

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 904, Issue , 2000, Pages 449-455

  Gallagher, Dympna ^a,b   Allen, Aaron ^a   Wang, Zimian ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a   Krasnow, Norman ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATROPHY; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAIN; CALORIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GERIATRICS; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0034122573     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06499.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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