Inactivity and weight loss: Effective criteria to identify frailty

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-60

  Paw, M J M Chin A ^a,c   De Groot, L C P G M ^a   Van Gend, S V ^a   Schoterman, M H C ^a   Schouten, E G ^a   Schroll, M ^b   Van Staveren, W A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Body weight; Elderly; Frailty; Nutrition; Physical activity; Screening

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0037286290     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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