Anthropometric measurements in the elderly of Havana, Cuba: Age and sex differences

Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-39

  Coqueiro, Raildo da Silva ^a   Barbosa, Aline Rodrigues ^a   Borgatto, Adriano Ferreti ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Anthropometry; Body mass index; Nutritional status; Sectional studies

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 56949101754     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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