Nutritional status indicators and their interactions in rural Guatemalan elderly: A study in San Pedro Ayampuc

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 795-802

  King, Jane E ^a   Mazariegos, Manolo ^a   Valdez, Carlos ^a   Castañeda, Carmen ^a   Solomons, Noel W ^a,b  

^a Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^b Hospital de Ojos y Oidos   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Aging; Anthropometry; Body composition; Elderly; Geohelminths; Guatemala; Hematocrit; Vitamin status

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; TRICHURIS;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 0030772749     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.4.795     Document Type: Article

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