Relationship between thinness and swallowing function in japanese older adults: Implications for sarcopenic dysphagia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1785-1786

  Kuroda, Yoshitoshi ^a   Kuroda, Riko ^b  

^a St Francis Hospital   (Japan)

^b Ebisumachi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY MASS; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SWALLOWING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA; THINNESS;

EID: 84866366964     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04123.x     Document Type: Letter

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