Nutrition in the age-related disablement process

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 599-604

  Inzitari, Marco ^a   Doets, E ^b   Bartali, B ^c   Benetou, V ^d   Di Bari, M ^e   Visser, M ^f   Volpato, S ^g   Gambassi, G ^h   Topinkova, E ⁱ   De Groot, L ^b   Salva, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Disability; frailty; muscle; nutrition diet; sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; VITAMIN D;

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIETARY INTAKE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84856246147     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-011-0053-1     Document Type: Article

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