Dietary intakes in Ireland of a healthy elderly population

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 220-224

  Hurson, M ^a,b   Corish, C ^a   Sugrue, S ^a  

^a Irish Nutr and Dietetic Institute   (Ireland)

^b Irish Nutr and Dietetic Institute   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAD; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRELAND; MALE; MEAT; MILK; MINERAL INTAKE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POTATO; PROTEIN INTAKE; SENESCENCE; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0030779196     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02944238     Document Type: Article

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