Nutritional Supplementation and Sarcopenia: The Evidence Grows

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 717-719

  Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; VITAMIN D;

AGING; ANOREXIA; CACHEXIA; CALORIC INTAKE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; GAIT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SARCOPENIA; VELOCITY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DISABILITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT;

AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84940450900     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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