Assessment of nutritional status in free-living elderly individuals by bioelectrical impedance vector analysis

Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-5

  Buffa, Roberto ^a   Floris, Giovanni ^a   Marini, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis; Malnutrition; Mini Nutritional Assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 56949088241     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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