Editorial: Moving beyond static body composition paradigms to assessments of change, plasticity, and function

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 377-379

  Duque, Gustavo ^a   Kuchel, George A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOPENIA; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; FEMALE; FITNESS; MALE; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 75749154438     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02687.x     Document Type: Editorial

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