The association between nutritional status and handgrip strength in older Rwandan refugees

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 933-939

  Pieterse, S ^a   Manandhar, M ^b   Ismail, S ^c  

^a North Western Health Board ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Saolta University Health Care Group   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Arm muscle area; BMI; Handgrip strength; Nutrition; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REFUGEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RWANDA; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TANZANIA; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFUGEES; RWANDA; SEX FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0036772627     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601443     Document Type: Article

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