Measuring body mass index (BMI) in nursing home residents: The usefulness of measurement of arm span

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-49

  Nygaard, Harald A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arm span; BMI; Body mass index; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 39749127043     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430801892037     Document Type: Article

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