Nutritional assessment of low-income elderly African-American population

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 524-527

  Kaul, Lalita ^a   Nidiry, Joseph J ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gerontology; Nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY;

EID: 0034326776     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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