Response to a mail nutritional survey in an older bi-racial community population

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 342-346

  Morris, Martha Clare ^a,c   Colditz, Graham A ^b   Evans, Denis A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged Population; Black Population; Mail Survey; Nutrition Assessment; Nutrition Survey

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032126880     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00236-6     Document Type: Article

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