Elderly men living alone: Are they at high nutritional risk?

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-47

  Charlton, Karen E ^a,b  

^a HSRC/UCT Centre for Gerontology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elderly men; Living alone; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033290004     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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