Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Its Association with Socioeconomic Status among the Elderly in Tehran

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia is a syndrome characterized by progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. It imposes significant costs on health care systems. Socioeconomic status is also the root cause of healthy challenges among the elderly. Therefore, investigating the associat...

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Autores principales: Dorosty, Ahmadreza, Arero, Godana, Chamar, Maryam, Tavakoli, Sogand
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27587937

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27587937

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