Unintentional weight loss in older adults

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-449

  Stajkovic, Svetlana ^a   Aitken, Elizabeth M ^b   Holroyd Leduc, Jayna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRONABINOL; MEGESTROL ACETATE; PLACEBO;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EVENING DOSAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMPOTENCE; INSOMNIA; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNINTENTIONAL WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79952342831     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.101471     Document Type: Review

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