Perspective: Optimal Protein Intake in the Elderly

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-66

  Wolfe, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; MILK PROTEIN;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY GROWTH; CACHEXIA; CALORIC INTAKE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LETTER; MACRONUTRIENT; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84871705292     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.09.017     Document Type: Letter

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