Hertfordshire sarcopenia study: Design and methods

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Patel, Harnish P ^a   Syddall, Holly E ^a   Martin, Helen J ^a   Stewart, Claire E ^b   Cooper, Cyrus ^a,c   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGING; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 77953927610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-43     Document Type: Article

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