Aging, food, culture and health

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages 100-112

  Wahlqvist, M L ^a   Kouris Blazos, A ^a   Hsa Hage, B H H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GREECE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031317860     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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