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The prevalence of sarcopenia and relationships between muscle and bone in ageing West‐African Gambian men and women

BACKGROUND: The rapidly rising ageing population in low and middle‐income countries (LMIC) will lead to a concurrent increase in musculoskeletal diseases. Sarcopenia is a disease caused by progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, leading to adverse outcomes including frailty, falls, fr...

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Autores principales: Zengin, Ayse, Jarjou, Landing M., Prentice, Ann, Cooper, Cyrus, Ebeling, Peter R., Ward, Kate A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6204597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30221478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12341