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Grip strength among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian adults: a longitudinal study of the effects of birth size and current size

OBJECTIVES: Indigenous Australians are born smaller than non-Indigenous Australians and are at an increased risk of early onset of frailty. This study aimed to identify the relationship between birth size, current size and grip strength, as an early marker of frailty, in Indigenous and non-Indigenou...

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Autores principales: Howarth, Timothy, Davison, Belinda, Singh, Gurmeet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6500337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30944132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024749