Grip strength and mortality: A biomarker of ageing?

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 9990, 2015, Pages 226-227

  Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a   Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84937629792     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62349-7     Document Type: Note

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