Perspective: Dietary Protein Needs of Elderly People: Protein Supplementation as an Effective Strategy to Counteract Sarcopenia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-69

  Evans, William J ^a   Boccardi, Virginina ^b   Paolisso, Giuseppe ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84871710574     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.09.025     Document Type: Letter

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