Aging, sarcopenia and the life-course

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 265-274

  Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 35649016152     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259807002225     Document Type: Review

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