The nutritional status of the elderly in Russia, 1992 through 1994

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 355-360

  Popkin, Barry M ^a,c   Zohoori, Namvar ^a   Baturin, Alexander ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF NUTRITION   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ELDERLY CARE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; USSR;

EID: 0029966540     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.3.355     Document Type: Article

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