Nutrition and healthy functioning in the developing world

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2001, Pages

  Zohoori, Namvar ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Elderly; Functional status; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FITNESS; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERNUTRITION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0034842366     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.9.2429s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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