The effect of undernutrition in the development of frailty in older persons

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 585-588

  Bischoff, Heike A ^a,b   Staehelin, Hannes B ^c   Willett, Walter C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FAT; FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RAPESEED OIL; RIBOFLAVIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN OIL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ALLELE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIET; FALLING; FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; META ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

EID: 33745185336     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.6.585     Document Type: Review

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