A comparison of three methods for estimating height in the acutely ill elderly population

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-20

  Hickson, M ^a   Frost, G ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Anthropometry; Body height; Body mass index; Malnutrition; Nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STANDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0037301597     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-277X.2003.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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