Associations between dietary nutrient intake and muscle mass and strength in community-dwelling older adults: The Tasmanian older adult cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2129-2134

  Scott, David ^a   Blizzard, Leigh ^a   Fell, James ^b   Giles, Graham ^c   Jones, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

aging; diet; sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; RETINOL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SARCOPENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78449282878     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03147.x     Document Type: Article

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