Screening community-dwelling elders for nutritional risk: Determining the influence of race and residence

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 172-189

  Schoenberg, Nancy E ^a   Coward, Raymond T ^b   Gilbert, Gregg H ^b   Mullens, Russell A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCREENING;

EID: 0030992819     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073346489701600203     Document Type: Review

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