Sarcopenia and the analysis of body composition

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 260-267

  Ribeiro, Sandra M L ^a,b   Kehayias, Joseph J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANOREXIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANOREXIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84910140633     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.113.005256     Document Type: Review

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