Height, weight, and body mass index of elderly persons in Taiwan

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2000, Pages M684-M690

  Chiu, H C ^a   Chang, H Y ^a   Mau, L W ^a   Lee, T K ^a   Liu, H W ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034546082     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.11.M684     Document Type: Article

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