Agreement between different methods of measuring height in elderly patients

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 504-511

  Frid, H ^a   Thors Adolfsson, E ^a   Rosenblad, A ^a   Nydahl, M ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Elderly; Height; Nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; VERY ELDERLY; PROCEDURES;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ELDERLY; HEIGHT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84884203535     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12031     Document Type: Article

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