Deficient dietary vitamin K intake among elderly nursing home residents in Hong Kong

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-65

  Tse, Samuel L S ^a   Chan, Thomas Y K ^b   Wu, Daphne M Y ^c   Cheung, Albert Y K ^b   Kwok, Timothy C Y ^b  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chinese; Elderly; Green leaf; Hong Kong; Nursing home; Osteoporosis; Vegetables; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MALE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN K; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0036023708     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.2002.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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