The distributions and correlates of serum albumin levels in institutionalised individuals with intellectual and/or motor disabilities

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1291-1296

  Ohwada, Hiroko ^a   Nakayama, Takeo ^b  

^a IBARAKI CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Motor disability; Serum albumin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; AGE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TURBIDITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CEREBRAL PALSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 56349087929     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508973827     Document Type: Article

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