Anthropometric measurements in the elderly population of Santiago, Chile

Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 452-457

  Santos, J L ^b   Albala, C ^a   Lera, L ^b   Garcia C ^b   Arroyo, P ^b   Perez Bravo F ^b   Angel, B ^b   Pelaez M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass index; Elderly; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 16544390643     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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