Education and nutrient intake in Dutch elderly people. The Rotterdam Study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-165

  Van Rossum, C T M ^a   Van De Mheen, H ^a   Witteman, J C M ^a   Grobbee, E ^a,b   Mackenbach, J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MILK; NETHERLANDS; NUTRIENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034019046     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600914     Document Type: Article

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