Anthropometric characterization of an institutionalized elderly population from Caracas, Venezuela;Caracterización antropométrica de una población de adultos mayores institucionalizados de la ciudad de Caracas, Venezuela

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-156

  Herrera, Héctor ^a,b,c   Rebato, Esther ^b,c   Rocandio, Ana María ^b,c   Hernández, Rosa ^a,b   Rodríguez, Nahir ^a,b   Barbosa, Johanna ^a,b   Hernández Valera, Yolanda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b Centro de Investigaciones Nutricionales   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anthropometry; Elders; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; VENEZUELA;

EID: 22144480670     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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