Nutritional risk in inner-city-dwelling older black Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 959-962

  Miller, Douglas K ^a,b,e   Carter, Myrtle E ^a   Sigmund, Robert H ^a   Smith, John Q ^a   Miller, J Philip ^c   Bentley, Judy A ^d   McDonald, Kim ^d   Coe, Rodney M ^a,b   Morley, John E ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Division of Geriatric Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029799295     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01868.x     Document Type: Article

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