Diet and nutritional status in elderly Zimbabweans

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 463-470

  Allain, Theresa J ^a,d   Wilson, Adrian O ^b   Gomo, Z Alfred R ^a   Adamchak, Donald J ^c   Matenga, Jonathon A ^a  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Albumin; Anthropometric measurements; Lipids; Nutrition; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM ION; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; BREAD; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; EDUCATION; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAIZE; MALE; MEAT; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCAPULA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; ZIMBABWE;

AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; URBAN POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031468378     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.6.463     Document Type: Article

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