Loss of appetite in elderly people in the community and its relationship with functional capacity;Pérdida de apetito en ancianos no institucionalizados y su relación con la capacidad funcional

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 130, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 531-533

  Serra Prat, Mateu ^a,b,c   Fernández, Xavier ^c   Ribó, Laura ^d   Palomera, Elisabet ^a,b   Papiol, Mònica ^e   Serra, Pere ^d  

^a Agencia Sanitaria Costa del Sol   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

^d ABS Cirera Molins   (Spain)

^e ABS Argentona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anorexia; Functional capacity; Muscle strength; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND GRIP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 43449139454     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13119715     Document Type: Article

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