Anthropometric measurements of a sixty-year and older Mexican urban group

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 350-354

  Velazquez Alva, M Consuelo ^a   Irigoyen, M E ^a   Zepeda, M ^a   Sanchez, V M ^a   Garcia Cisneros, M P ^a   Castillo, L M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anthropometric values; Body mass index; Elderly Mexican people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SKINFOLD; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 4644318698     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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