Estimating the height of elderly nursing home residents: Which equation to use?

Estimating the height of elderly nursing home residents: Which equation to use?

Estimating equations can be used when measuring the height of elderly persons is not possible. However, such methods are not always applicable; therefore, it is necessary to consider several aspects, such as sex, age, and ethnicity of the studied population to generate these equations. This study ai...

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Main Authors: Marcos Felipe Silva de Lima, Larissa Praça de Oliveira, Natália Louise de Araújo Cabral, Laura Camila Pereira Liberalino, Ursula Viana Bagni, Kenio Costa de Lima, Clélia de Oliveira Lyra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6198959?pdf=render

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