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Energy expenditure of elderly people living alone or in local authority homes. 1971

C B Salvosa, and P R Payne, and E F Wheeler

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008660	Metabolism	The chemical reactions in living organisms by which energy is provided for vital processes and activities and new material is assimilated.	Anabolism,Catabolism,Metabolic Concepts,Metabolic Phenomena,Metabolic Processes,Metabolic Phenomenon,Metabolic Process,Metabolism Concepts,Metabolism Phenomena,Process, Metabolic,Processes, Metabolic,Concept, Metabolic,Concept, Metabolism,Concepts, Metabolic,Concepts, Metabolism,Metabolic Concept,Metabolism Concept,Phenomena, Metabolic,Phenomena, Metabolism,Phenomenon, Metabolic
D008991	Monitoring, Physiologic	The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine.	Patient Monitoring,Monitoring, Physiological,Physiologic Monitoring,Monitoring, Patient,Physiological Monitoring
D010101	Oxygen Consumption	The rate at which oxygen is used by a tissue; microliters of oxygen STPD used per milligram of tissue per hour; the rate at which oxygen enters the blood from alveolar gas, equal in the steady state to the consumption of oxygen by tissue metabolism throughout the body. (Stedman, 25th ed, p346)	Consumption, Oxygen,Consumptions, Oxygen,Oxygen Consumptions
D011674	Pulse	The rhythmical expansion and contraction of an ARTERY produced by waves of pressure caused by the ejection of BLOOD from the left ventricle of the HEART as it contracts.	Pulses
D012111	Residence Characteristics	Elements of residence that characterize a population. They are applicable in determining need for and utilization of health services.	Community,Domicile,Living Arrangements,Neighborhood,Place of Birth,Residential Selection,Arrangement, Living,Birth Place,Communities,Domiciles,Living Arrangement,Neighborhoods,Residence Characteristic
D012119	Respiration	The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration (	Breathing
D001827	Body Height	The distance from the sole to the crown of the head with body standing on a flat surface and fully extended.	Body Heights,Height, Body,Heights, Body
D001835	Body Weight	The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.	Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D004739	England	A part of Great Britain within the United Kingdom.

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