Estimation of height in older Chinese adults by measuring limb length [3]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 684-685

  Auyeung, T W ^a   Lee, J S W ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHINESE; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMERUS; KNEE; LETTER; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; FIBULA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034994991     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49137.x     Document Type: Letter

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