Associations between anemia and physical function in Georgia centenarians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2362-2363

  Haslam, Alyson ^a   Hausman, Dorothy B ^a   Davey, Adam ^b   Elaine Cress, M ^c   Johnson, Mary Ann ^a   Poon, Leonard W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; CENTENARIAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HAND STRENGTH; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

EID: 84871086716     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12009     Document Type: Letter

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