Older women living in subsidized housing report low levels of nutrition support

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 251-254

  Pierce, Michelle B ^a   Sheehan, Nancy W ^b,c   Ferris, Annm ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b School of Family Studies   (United States)

^c Social and Behavioral Division   (United States)

^d Department of Nutritional Sciences ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET; DISABLED PERSON; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTICUT; DIET; DISABLED PERSONS; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PUBLIC HOUSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035261056     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(01)00065-7     Document Type: Article

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