Editorial: Ageing and nutrition in developing countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-289

  Dangour, Alan D ^a   Ismail, Suraiya J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Elderly; Nutrition; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGING; NUTRITION;

AGING; BODY MASS; CHILD CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; AGED; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0037868942     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01028_1.x     Document Type: Editorial

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