Basic anthropometry and health status of elderly: Findings of the maracaibo aging study

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-261

  Muñoz, Angélica M ^a,b   Falque Madrid, Luis ^b   Zambrano, Raquel Ch ^b   Maestre, Gladys E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anthropometry; Body mass index; Height; Weight

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VENEZUELA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENEZUELA;

EID: 76649100719     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264309357444     Document Type: Article

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