Impact of childhood experience of famine on late life health

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-95

  Woo, J ^a,b   Leung, J C S ^b   Wong, S Y S ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Childhood; Falls; Physical function; Sarcopenia; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUNGER; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WALKING SPEED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HONG KONG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STARVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ARTHRITIS; BACK PAIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STARVATION;

EID: 77952314579     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-009-0193-8     Document Type: Article

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