Involuntary weight loss in the elderly

Clinical Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 37-45

  Rehman, Habib U ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLECYSTOKININ RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYPROHEPTADINE; CYTOKINE; DIGOXIN; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DRONABINOL; DYNORPHIN; FOLIC ACID; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INTERFERON; IRON; MEGESTROL ACETATE; NALOXONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y DERIVATIVE; OPIATE; POTASSIUM; SEROTONIN AGONIST; THIAMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DISABILITY; EATING DISORDER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH THERAPY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 23144463762     PISSN: 10951598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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