Nutrition and aging

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 231-235

  Apovian, C M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033800487     PISSN: 10683097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00060793-200010000-00004     Document Type: Review

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