Nutritional status of institutionalised elderly in Ecuador

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 122-127

  Barclay, Denis V ^a   Heredia, Laura ^b   Gil Ramos, Joaquina ^a   Montalvo, Maria Magdalena ^a   Lozano, Rebeca ^a   Mena, Miguel ^a   Dirren, Henri ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b Hospital Provincial del IESS   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; ECUADOR; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0030299069     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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