Relationship between corporal mass index and social and demographic characteristics in elderly from a geriatric Peruvian institution

• Main Authors: Christian Renzo Aquino Canchari (Author), María del Carmen Orellana Chupan (Author), Jackeline Misari Baldeon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The increment of life expectancy in a population is an achievement of the contemporary medicine; therefore, the evaluation of the nutritional state and the social and demographic factors are important for the prevention and control of diseases in the elderly.  Objective: To determine t...