Grip strength, body composition, and mortality

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 228-235

  Gale, Catharine R ^a,b   Martyn, Christopher N ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body composition; Grip strength; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; MUSCLE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447333133     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl224     Document Type: Article

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