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Hand grip strength and associated factors in non-institutionalised men and women 50 years and older in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the prevalence, predictors and gender differences in hand grip strength of older adults in Africa. This study aims to investigate social and health differences in hand grip strength among older adults in a national probability sample of older South Africans who part...

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Autores principales: Ramlagan, Shandir, Peltzer, Karl, Phaswana-Mafuya, Nancy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24393403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-8