Nutrition and health: What is new?

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-168

  Lehmann, Anthea B ^a  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029760476     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959259800004603     Document Type: Review

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