Modification of the nutrition questionnaire for elderly to increase its ability to detect elderly people with inadequate intake of energy, calcium, vitamin C and vitamin D

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 560-569

  Beck, Anne Marie ^a   Ovesen, L ^a  

^a DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elderly; Questionnaire; Screening; Validation estimated record

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0032781287     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600788     Document Type: Article

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