Epidemiology of weight loss in humans with special reference to wasting in the elderly

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-21

  Wallace, Jeffrey I ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

CYPROHEPTADINE; DRONABINOL; GROWTH HORMONE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; NANDROLONE; OXANDROLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FLUID RETENTION; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; NAUSEA; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STARVATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036342421     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00246-2     Document Type: Review

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